Composer not auto-loading package

Question

I'm currently working on Laravel 4. I have added the following to my composer.json, and ran the update:

    "require": {
        ...
        "koraktor/steam-condenser": "*"

The issue I'm having is that if I call one of the classes it uses, for example:

$steamUser = new SteamId('000000000000000000');
echo "Welcome, " . $steamUser->getNickname() . "<br />";

I get the error Class 'SteamId' not found

If I manually require the file needed, then it works perfectly:

require_once('/home/path-to-laravel/laravel/vendor/koraktor/steam-condenser/lib/steam-condenser.php');

I've ran composer dump-autoload and still doesn't work. Does anyone know why this is? It's really frustrating me :(

Koraktor · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-20T17:36:31.137

11

Steam Condenser is not (yet) compliant to PSR-0, so you have to use a different autoloading approach (see http://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#autoload).

Using the files method should be best suited here:

{
    "autoload": {
        "files": ["vendor/koraktor/steam-condenser/lib/steam-condenser.php"]
    }
}

edited Oct 20 '13 at 17:36

answered Jun 19 '13 at 15:55

Koraktor

Koraktor it's working! Thanks very much for taking the time to look into it. – Alias Jun 19 '13 at 16:02
Actually, `classmap` might be a better solution. `files` simply forces the file to be loaded, even if you do not use the classes in there. `classmap` on the other hand enables the autoloader to find the classes and only load them on demand. – Nils Werner Jun 19 '13 at 18:51
Hm, looking at it it seems like `files` is indeed the right choice. The file you're loading not just loads the classes but contains some data needed by them as well. – Nils Werner Jun 19 '13 at 18:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '13 at 15:25

1

Just requiring a package, does not force composer to autoload the package.

Have a look into autoloading with composer, but something like these should get you started:

autoload: {
    "classmap": ["vendor/koraktor/steam-condenso/lib"]
}

answered Jun 19 '13 at 15:25

DAG

1

Thanks (there is a typo in that though). I'm confused though, other packages I've been using (such as HybridAuth) literally worked out of the box, didn't have to add anything, but with this I did? It does load the files. However I get the error "Use of undefined constant STEAM_CONDENSER_PATH - assumed 'STEAM_CONDENSER_PATH' - I guess that's because it isn't loading a file which is defining that. – Alias Jun 19 '13 at 15:41
Have a look into the code and see where this define happens and figure out if it is getting loaded. – DAG Jun 19 '13 at 15:44
Happens in the "steam-condenser.php" file: define('STEAM_CONDENSER_PATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/'); So I assume not... but it is within the /lib/ directory which is odd! – Alias Jun 19 '13 at 15:46

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