Including PHP Defines() using Composer

autoloader, composer-php, php

Solution

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

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

Problem

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.

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