Using autoload.php

[sampath rathnayake]

Hi All,

I'm new to app engine and trying create a app from a sample code.

Can anyone please tell me what is the use of 

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

Is this set of libraries we need to download? 

I'm developing/test locally and deploying in to gcloud project using 'gcloud app deploy'

I can use 

use google\appengine\api\users\User;

but I cannot use

use google\cloud\storage\StorageClient;

Fatal error: Class 'google\cloud\storage\StorageClient' not found in C:\Users..

Is there a component to install for cloud storage?

Thanks

[sampath rathnayake]

[George (Cloud Platform Support)]

As PHP scripts run relative to the current path,  not to the path of script itself, you can use __DIR__ to change this behavior, so that include refers to the script's own path, as a result.

StorageClient not found error is likely due to the absence of Cloud Storage Client Libraries, which you'll have to install. 

This discussion group is oriented more towards general opinions, trends, and issues of general nature touching the app engine. For coding in PHP, and program architecture, as well as importing Cloud Storage Client Libraries, you may be better served in dedicated forums such as stackoverflow, where experienced programmers are within reach and ready to help.