Composer require doesn't work in sage theme

sage
1

For a specific use case I need an array flatten function in a sage 8.x-based theme.
In command line in sage theme folder I ran composer to install a package with array flatten function (https://github.com/AlaaSarhan/php-flatten) for the theme:

  $ composer require sarhan/php-flatten

However, using the class doesn’t work, e.g. in setup.php:

use Sarhan\Flatten;

$multiArray = [
    'say' => 'what',
    'hi' => [ 'de' => 'Hallo', 'es' => 'Hola' ]
];

$array = Flatten::flatten($multiArray);

This results in an error, PHP can’t find the class:

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'Sarhan\Flatten' not found in [...]/setup.php`
Error: Class 'Sarhan\Flatten' not found in [...]/setup.php
2

Where are you running that?

3

I run this command in the theme folder ([…]/the-app/site/web/app/themes/the-theme/).
The composer files of the theme are also modified by the command, composer succeeds, but PHP still cannot find the class.

4

You’ll notice that the composer file in Sage 8 is for loading the theme as a WP theme, but the vendor autoload file isn’t included by default because there’s no packages to install. It’s not like Sage 9 where Composer is required. So if you install something with Sage 8, you need to include the theme/vendor/autoload.php file. However if you’re also using Bedrock and it’s all one project I would be inclined to install any PHP packages from Bedrock.

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5

Thanks! I want to install in theme because it is completely theme-specific.
Where is a good place in the theme files for including theme/vendor/autoload.php ?

6

functions.php. Autoloader should usually be required as early in the process possible.

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