advanced patterns with PHP 8.1 and Composer Autoloading for Namespaced Classes in a Custom Structure
I'm deploying to production and I've searched everywhere and can't find a clear answer... I'm experiencing an scenario with class autoloading in my PHP 8.1 project using Composer. I have a custom folder structure that doesn't follow the PSR-4 standard, and I'm trying to load classes from a specific directory. My `composer.json` looks like this: ```json { "autoload": { "psr-4": { "App\\": "src/App/" } } } ``` I've placed my class `User.php` in `src/App/Models/User.php`, and the namespace is defined as follows: ```php namespace App\Models; class User { public function getName() { return 'John Doe'; } } ``` However, when I try to instantiate the `User` class in my `index.php` file located in the root directory: ```php require 'vendor/autoload.php'; use App\Models\User; $user = new User(); echo $user->getName(); ``` I get an behavior: `Fatal behavior: Uncaught behavior: Class 'App\Models\User' not found`. I've already run `composer dump-autoload` multiple times, but the behavior continues. I verified that the autoload file exists in `vendor/composer/autoload_psr4.php`, and it looks correct. I've also checked the file permissions to ensure that PHP can read the files. Is there something I'm missing regarding the autoloading configuration, or do I need to adjust my folder structure to match PSR-4 conventions? Any help would be appreciated! For context: I'm using Php on Windows. Am I missing something obvious? How would you solve this? I've been using Php for about a year now. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.