Composer Autoload Files From Directories Plugin

A Composer plugin to automatically load all PHP files from specified directories into the autoload.files configuration. Perfect for projects with helper files, legacy code, or configuration scripts.

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✨ Features

• Auto-include PHP files: Automatically adds all .php files from configured directories to Composer's autoload.
• Directory scanning: Supports nested directories (recursive scanning).
• Symfony Finder integration: Efficient file discovery with the Symfony Finder component.
• Composer event-driven: Hooks into Composer's pre-autoload-dump event.

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🚀 Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require everton3x/autoload-files-plugin`

🛠️ Usage

1. Configure Directories

Add your target directories to composer.json under the extra section:

{
    "extra": {
        "autoload-files-from": [
            "src/Helpers",
            "config/scripts",
            "legacy"
        ]
    }
}

2. Run Composer

Update and regenerate the autoloader:

composer update
composer dump-autoload

All PHP files in the specified directories will now be autoloaded!

🔍 How It Works

The plugin:

Listens to Composer's pre-autoload-dump event

Scans all directories listed in extra.autoload-files-from

Adds every found .php file to autoload.files

Updates Composer's autoload configuration

📂 Example Structure

my-project/
├── src/
│   └── Helpers/
│       ├── StringHelper.php
│       └── ArrayHelper.php
├── config/
│   └── scripts/
│       └── bootstrap.php

Result:

// vendor/composer/autoload_files.php
return [
    // ...
    'a1b2c3' => $baseDir . '/src/Helpers/StringHelper.php',
    'd4e5f6' => $baseDir . '/src/Helpers/ArrayHelper.php',
    'g7h8i9' => $baseDir . '/config/scripts/bootstrap.php',
];

⚠️ Notes

Performance: Avoid very large directories (1000+ files) as this may slow down Composer operations.

Duplicates: Files already listed in autoload.files will not be added twice.

Alternatives: For class-based autoloading, prefer psr-4 or classmap.

🤝 Contributing

Fork the repository

Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/awesome-feature)

Commit changes (git commit -am 'Add awesome feature')

Push to branch (git push origin feature/awesome-feature)

Open a Pull Request

📄 License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Happy autoloading! 🎉 Created with ❤️ for PHP developers