Using autoloader/composer not possible

[stephanvierkant]

I'd like to use the Podio API using composer/autoloader. That isn't possible at the moment.

One of the advantages is that you can use a PSR-0 compliant autoloader, so you can improve the performance of your application. Any well-design framework uses a PSR-0 compliant autoloader:

• Symfony.com (http://symfony.com/doc/2.0/components/class_loader.html)
• Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/manual/1.12/en/zend.loader.autoloader.html)
• Zend Framework 2 (http://framework.zend.com/manual/2.0/en/modules/zend.module-manager.module-autoloader.html)

Using a composer makes it easier to use Podio in your application. See https://packagist.org/ and http://getcomposer.org/ for more information.

[carlfredrikhero]

+1 I often just slimframework.com which also uses composer. Add Podio and I would have the perfect blend.

[haugstrup]

I'll get composer support added soon. I don't think you should hold your breath for a PSR-0 autoloader as the client doesn't use namespaces. I can add a custom autoloader, but I don't think you'd get much benefit of that?

[haugstrup]

Holy cow, Batman! That was not be best written documentation I've ever seen. Anyway, should be good to go now: https://packagist.org/packages/podio/podio-php

It's using an alternate autoloader (classMap instead of PRS-0) for the reason I stated above. Let me know if there's any trouble.

For now you have to use dev-master -- I'll wait until the client gets a tiny bit more use before I start tagging proper releases.

I'm going to leave this issue open until I get the readme updated with information on how to install using composer.

[stephanvierkant]

Thanks for your update! I really appreciate the support from the Podio team.

A custom autoloader would be nice, but it's not very important. I'll look for a workaround instead. I'm not used to it (yet), I just discovered how autoloaders can make it easier to develop applications with higher performance.

[haugstrup]

@stephanvierkant Turns out that composer supports a few different autoloaders and I got podio-php working with one of them. So if you are using composer the classes should autoload for you.

[stephanvierkant]

@haugstrup I'm using this one:

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/splclassloader
https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-0.md

I can't figure out how to use Podio in combination with that autoloader.

[haugstrup]

Yeah, that autoloader won't work. Only if you use the composer-generated autoloader will you get the podio classes autoloaded.