How to automatically include a file, which is not a class, in Composer?

Question

In Composer, usually when we configure autoload for files that contain classes, I usually do so:

"autoload" : { 
   "psr-4" : { "WallaceMaxters\\Timer\\" : 'src/timer'}
}

Composer will automatically load the file that has the same class name once it is instantiated.

But now I have a file called functions.php that has some functions that I want to include in this same library.

How do I automatically include a file?

Answer 1

You can also include arquivos in Composer:

{
    "autoload": {
        "files": ["src/minhaBiblioteca/functions.php"]
    }
}

This way, Composer will ensure that files defined as files under the directive of autoload will be automatically loaded.

Reference

• https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#files