Adding Helper files from a package to a Laravel App

@roni I think you'd just need to follow the same steps for your package's composer.json file.

This might be of help: https://laravel-news.com/creating-helpers

I'll point out the importance of using function_exists(), which the link above covers.

@talinon thanks for the tip and the article, I've been chasing this down from another angle, but notice at the bottom of the article there is a link to this:

https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/6.x/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php

Notice these are in laravel/framework not in laravel/laravel yet they are globally active in laravel the laravel app, I'm trying to achieve the same thing.

@roni

That is because it's in the laravel/framework's composer.json file

Since the file isn't namespaced it's in the global scope.

https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/e7b2e534d91c47376af5a089a59fa2c3e1ce61c1/composer.json#L95

Adding the same to your package's composer.json should do the same thing.

Sadly no dice, I keep coming back to this and burning 20 min chuncks :( But I just can't figure out any combination of making this happen. I just want to include my global functions but from the package pushing into the app, not from the app side pulling in the package.

In the interest of time, I wimped out and just made a preset command to load my files in the right places and update composer.json. So lame, but at least it won't be a barrier to entry for others.

@roni

I see what you're saying. I'm not sure if there is a way of doing that thru composer packages.

You could probably place something like this within your package's service provider:

include_once(__DIR__.'/Helpers.php');

Then define all your global helper functions within that file, wrapping each one in a if function_exists()

I don't see why that wouldn't work.

Damn ! it works!

I was including it in the service provider but you need to do it before you declare your class!

<?php

namespace LaravelTestingConcerns;

include_once ('funcs.php');

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider as BaseServiceProvider;


class ServiceProvider extends BaseServiceProvider {

    public function boot()
    {
    
    }

    /**
     * Register any package services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
    
    }
    
}

@talinon for the win!!!