Composer load class without Namespace

Question

Amazon's MWS PHP client library is just a zip file without any namespace, Is there a way to use this library with Laravel application or with any application which uses composer for its dependency management.

Answer 1

Sure, just create your own library directory in your Laravel app. I usually keep mine just inside app directory and call it Libraries. Dump the source files inside a folder such as AmazonMWS.

.config.inc.php comes with an autoloader but it won't be used. Instead you could probably just open your composer.json in your Laravel project and tell it to autoload your new Library directory targeting the config. Ex:

"autoload-dev": {
    "classmap": [
        "app/Libraries/AmazonMWS/Client.php"
    ]
}

Make sure config.inc.php is accessible at the AmazonMWS root.

Then run composer dump-autoload to regenerate the autoloaders. If done properly then you should be able to instantiate any of the MWS classes without a namespace.

In your Controller, include the following use:

use \MarketplaceWebServiceProducts_Client;

Now you can call your service as expected:

$config = [...];

$service = new MarketplaceWebServiceProducts_Client(
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
    APPLICATION_NAME,
    APPLICATION_VERSION,
    $config);

Or just omit use \MarketplaceWebServiceProducts_Client; and instantiate directly with namespace prefix, your choice.