Including PHP Defines() using Composer

Question

I'm using Composer for module dependency management (loving using autoload.php instead of a ton of includes and requires!).

I want to include a PHP file that is outside of the root Composer directory (for security) with credentials stored in defines().

This isn't working, composer.json:

{
  "autoload": {
    "classmap": ["../credentials.php"]
  }
}

credentials.php:

define('RYAN','BRODIE');

test.php:

require_once __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
echo RYAN;

Results in Notice: Use of undefined constant RYAN. If Composer's autoloader is only intended for Class includes then I'd be grateful for any hacks (as it were) to make this work.

Using class constants rather than global constants would be one option — Mark Baker, Jul 01 '13 at 12:22

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 01 '13 at 12:24

22

That method should work fine, however you'll need to use files instead of classmap for example;

{
    "autoload": {
        "files": [ "../constants.php" ]
    }
}

answered Jul 01 '13 at 12:24

tarnfeld

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Awesome worked a treat, will accept when I can, thanks Tom :) Not sure how I missed this in the docs – Ryan Brodie Jul 01 '13 at 12:25

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