PHP create core code to spread between different projects

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I'm building a relatively large project which involved few servers running php.

All the servers have few shared classes they need to use.

When design the git and the project structure, it seams logical to me to write the core (shared) classes, and then wrap them up somehow (maybe Composer?) and let anyone of the specific server just the have them as dispense.

I've read some very bad reviews about git submodules, so I was wonder what alternative do I have ?

I'm trying to achieve a basic core part of the code that will be a dispense for each of the servers.

Sure, composer would be a good solution. With composer, you don't have to use git submodules. — Honza Haering
– Honza Haering, Commented May 12, 2015 at 11:25
but do I need to have it as 2 completely different projects ? — Asaf Nevo
– Asaf Nevo, Commented May 12, 2015 at 11:26
Oh, I see, you want to keep one structure and just extract the core as a composer package. Haven't tried myself. Maybe there is a possibility to use 2 separate git repositories with different .gitignore... I would go with two separate projects. — Honza Haering
– Honza Haering, Commented May 12, 2015 at 11:31
submodules should do the trick, but its very unrecommended from different articles I read — Asaf Nevo
– Asaf Nevo, Commented May 12, 2015 at 11:35
This question belongs either to "Software Recommendations" or "Superuser" i.m.o. because it does not directly involve programing. Besides of that, yes, seperating the "library" and the "application" makes sense. — Daniel W.
– Daniel W., Commented May 12, 2015 at 11:40

Asaf Nevo · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-12 13:14:41Z

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Ok after doing some further research I decided to go with git subtree feature. I allows me to divid my code into modules inject remote modules as part of my code.

Like everything in git, there's a learning curve, but in this case it seems like it total worth it.

I used those 2 blog posts as tutorial:

https://medium.com/@v/git-subtrees-a-tutorial-6ff568381844

https://www.atlassian.com/git/articles/alternatives-to-git-submodule-git-subtree/

edited May 12, 2015 at 13:14

answered May 12, 2015 at 12:34

Asaf Nevo

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