include external php files(not in laravel directory) in laravel

Question

I want to include an external PHP file into my service provider, that file is in a different folder. Like my file is in folder1 and this folder is at same level as laravel is.

   C:\xampp\htdocs\registration\php\file.php //this is file
   C:\xampp\htdocs\_problem_sharing\app\AppServiceProvider

This is how I am trying right now

include_once "/../../../registration/php/user_info.php";

Going two level back: include_once "../../registration/php/user_info.php"; should be enought. Also, don't prepend the relative path with /. — Bogdan
– Bogdan, Commented Dec 29, 2015 at 21:13
its still looking the file under Providers directory @Bogdan — StealthTrails
– StealthTrails, Commented Dec 29, 2015 at 22:03
FatalErrorException in AppServiceProvider.php line 14: Class 'App\Providers\UserInfo' not found where UserInfo is my class name in the file that I am trying to include. @Bogdan this happens when I try to make class object $this->userInfo = new UserInfo(); — StealthTrails
– StealthTrails, Commented Dec 29, 2015 at 22:31
Since the provideo is in it's own namespace App\Providers, you should either put this at the top of your provideor class file use UserInfo, or whenever using the class inside the code prepend it with a backslash which puts it in the global namespace (for ex: new \UserInfo()). If the problem persists, please post the contents of your provider. — Bogdan
– Bogdan, Commented Dec 29, 2015 at 22:39

Vitor Villar · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-29 20:56:14Z

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Is really simple to do this. Because everything in Laravel 5 is autoloaded using PSR-4, within the app/ directory. So, for example, if this file you want to include have a class.

You need to create the directory, e. g.: app/CustomStuff/CustomDirectory/ Into this directory, create the file: app/CustomStuff/CustomDirectory/SomeClass.php

Into the SomeClass.php file, you just need:

<?php 
namespace App\CustomStuff\CustomDirectory;

class Someclass {}

Now, you can access this class using the namespace within your classes:

use App\CustomStuff\CustomDirectory\SomeClass;

answered Dec 29, 2015 at 20:56

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4 Comments

StealthTrails Over a year ago

i do not want to copy that file into laravel's directory

Vitor Villar Over a year ago

I think that's not possible, you have to copy the file into Laravel

Bogdan Over a year ago

@VitorLuis Of course it's possible, you can load any file from anywhere in the filesystem as long as you have permission to read it, you just need to use include or require, or if you want to you autoload it using Composer, you need to configure composer.json.

user2094178 Over a year ago

You could symlink the file into laravel, this will ensure the file is tracked by git as well.

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