Getting the autoloader to work

[Roland Dalmulder]

Hello all,

Recently I started to use the F3 framework and finding my way around quite easily, the only thing I can't seem to get to work is the autoloader. I simply get this error:

Class 'Connectors\Exact' not found [D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\index.php:33]

Here is how I have setup everything.

Folder structure

D:\wamp\www\exact\vendor

This folder contains the Composer libraries including F3

D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app

This folder contains the .htaccess and index.php to get it all started.

D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\connectors
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\connectors\Exact.php
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\connectors\Database.php
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\models
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\models\Customer.php
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\models\Order.php

These 2 folders contain the namespaced classes.

In the classes I have code like this:

namespace Connectors;

class Exact {
    public function connect() {
    }
}

In my index.php I have this:

require __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php';

$f3 = \Base::instance();
$f3->set('AUTOLOAD', 'app/');

$f3->route('GET /order',
    function() {
        $connection = (new Connectors\Exact)->connect();
    }
);

The routing works fine but it results in the error

Class 'Connectors\Exact' not found [D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\index.php:33]

Now I wonder where my mistake is. Can you enlighten me?

Thank you.

[ved]

Try using:

[Roland Dalmulder]

Thanks for your input. I have tried that as well but gives me the same error:

Class 'Connectors\Exact' not found [D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\index.php:32]

I guess that is because the first \ is the global domain in PHP.

[ved]

Hi, sorry I didn't have much time earlier to thoroughly read your post, was at work :)

It appears as your autoload folder is the same folder where index.php is located. Then when you set your autoload path to "app/" I guess F3 assumes you'll have a subfolder "app" with your namespaced stuff.

Create an "app" folder inside your current "app" folder and place the namespaced stuff in there (the Connectors and Models folders). So you would have:

D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\index.php

D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\app\connectors
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\app\connectors\Exact.php
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\app\connectors\Database.php
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\app\models
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\app\models\Customer.php
D:\wamp\www\exact\source\app\app\models\Order.php

Alternatively, just place the index.php inside the source folder and adjust your webserver root accordingly.

Hope it helps.

Cheers

[Roland Dalmulder]

Hello Ved,

Thank you for following up. You were correct. The index.php is in the same base folder as where the autoloader was pointing. So moving it all to a subfolder named app/ did work. What also works is using this:

$f3->set('AUTOLOAD', '../app/');

It is all about path resolution :)

Going to have a second look at how I structured things but having it working is great. Thanks again.