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Modules not loading config files - ZoeF - 03-19-2021
I am wondering
https://forum.codeigniter.com/thread-78802.html
In the above topic I asked for the best practices for the loading of config files inside of a module? I have the module loaded in the autoload, I have the auto discovery option enabled. And I have the constants added to the Modules.php $aliases array in the main app config folder.
Yet the constants are not beeing found. So I cannot use them in the application. I did find a work around but that means changing the main Constants.php by adding the following code.
PHP Code:
/**
* --------------------------------------------------------------------
* Include Modules Constants Files
* --------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
if (file_exists(ROOTPATH. 'modules')) {
$modulesPath = ROOTPATH.'modules/';
$modules = scandir($modulesPath);
foreach ($modules as $module) {
if ($module === '.' || $module === '..') continue;
if (is_dir($modulesPath) . '/' . $module) {
$constantsPath = $modulesPath . $module . '/Config/Constants.php';
if (file_exists($constantsPath)) {
require($constantsPath);
} else {
continue;
}
}
}
}
I do however stil wonder if I missed something in the documentation. Or that is actualy a bug.
RE: Modules not loading config files - kenjis - 03-19-2021
(03-19-2021, 12:42 PM)ZoeF Wrote: And I have the constants added to the Modules.php $aliases array in the main app config folder.
Yet the constants are not beeing found.
There is no aliases `constants`.
Code:
'events',
'filters',
'registrars',
'routes',
'services',By the way, why do you need to use constants?
You could use Config class and class constants.
RE: Modules not loading config files - ZoeF - 03-19-2021
There are many ways of adding constants indeed. But maybe I want the constants to be for my hole project if I add a specific module.
The most logical answer I came across is that the constants file is not a class file. That however should not be a excuse to exclude a config file from this system.
RE: Modules not loading config files - InsiteFX - 03-20-2021
Modules do not autoload the config files in them you have to load them.
If you need constants then add them in the app/Common.php then they will be there.
And here is the way I tested it.
app/Common.php
PHP Code:
<?php
/**
* The goal of this file is to allow developers a location
* where they can overwrite core procedural functions and
* replace them with their own. This file is loaded during
* the bootstrap process and is called during the frameworks
* execution.
*
* This can be looked at as a `master helper` file that is
* loaded early on, and may also contain additional functions
* that you'd like to use throughout your entire application
*
* @link: https://codeigniter4.github.io/CodeIgniter4/
*/
/**
* My Defined Constants
* -----------------------------------------------------------------------
* Test
*/
defined('APP_TEST') || define('APP_TEST', 'Test');
RE: Modules not loading config files - ZoeF - 03-20-2021
Guess it does not work when the file is oudside of the app folder, but why would I add constants in the Common.php of the main app folder for a module that is loaded in in the Modules direcrory? Why is it so hard to add constants in a specific module? Guess I will need to use the crude solution.
directory structure
>app
>modules
->Admin (I want constants in here)
->Users
->...
>public
>vendor
>...
RE: Modules not loading config files - kenjis - 03-20-2021
> Why is it so hard to add constants in a specific module?
Probably because there is no way to autoload constants in PHP.
I personally recommend not to use global constants at all.
RE: Modules not loading config files - ZoeF - 03-20-2021
Global constants could be handy for allowing hole portions of the application to either work or not work when a module is loaded or not? If a constant is present do this -> else to this. Seems like a straight forward thing. I believe their might be diffrent solutions to the idea. And I am shure I wil get an opinion from someone why this is not a good idea.
But that is beside the question.
RE: Modules not loading config files - InsiteFX - 03-20-2021
You can always place them in your own php file and include it were needed.
RE: Modules not loading config files - ZoeF - 03-21-2021
Again besides the point. Why is it possible to load routes.php when it is inside a modules directory and not constants? Very strange thinking.
RE: Modules not loading config files - paulbalandan - 03-26-2021
Autoloading constants file, as well as other non-class files, will be a new feature for the Autoloader class. This will be implemented by autoloading "files", as opposed to autoloading classes.
Are you using Composer? If yes, then there is a workaround. In your composer.json, add the files array to your autoload section.
Code:
"autoload": {
"files": [
"path/to/constants.php"
]
}Then in your terminal, just run ` composer dump-autoload`