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how does Laravel use these 2 files?
I move some classes around and Laravel still works even though old path of moved classes are still in autoload_classmap and autoload_static.
Do i suppose to run composer dump-autoload when I move classes around in Laravel project?
I recommend anytime you modify an existing class's location/namespace to get in the habit of running composer dump-autoload. I have wasted hours of my life debugging random errors when developing to find out it was an auto load issue. It might not always be necessary but quickly becomes muscle memory
https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#dump-autoload-dumpautoload-
@d9705996 does composer automatically do dump-autoload when you run composer add/update/install
I believe so unless you use --no-autoloader
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