Autoload Error: No such file or directory

Question

I have included autoload.php in the header of my site

include 'vendor/autoload.php'; 

From this i am receiving the following errors on my site:

Warning: require_once(DIR/composer/autoload_real.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/6/d416629391/htdocs/leftovercheese/vendor/autoload.php on line 5

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'DIR/composer/autoload_real.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in /homepages/6/d416629391/htdocs/leftovercheese/vendor/autoload.php on line 5

My code is:

// autoload.php generated by Composer

require_once __DIR__ . '/composer' . '/autoload_real.php';

return ComposerAutoloaderInit8be239f5caef32db03f87bb271ed6012::getLoader();

PHP Version: 5.2.17

Any ideas?

Guib

Answer 1

You have to load vendor/autoload.php, which will autoload that file for you:

require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

This is assuming that your file is located at the same directory level as the vendor directory.

Otherwise, adjust.

Dimidiate

I have included the autoload.php file, I think the original error message is a result of including the autoload. – Guib

The two files are located: vendor\autoload.php vendor\composer\autoload_real.php – Guib

The version of PHP i was using did not support DIR. Instead use FILE, as shown below. > DIR The directory of the file. If used inside an include, the directory of the included file is returned. This is equivalent to > dirname(FILE). This directory name does not have a trailing slash > unless it is the root directory. (Added in PHP 5.3.0.) – Guib

Answer 2

run composer install

That will import your packages and create the vendor folder as well as the autoload script. Also, make sure your relative path is correct.

Harmaning

running composer update helped me . – Mchugh

Answer 3

For me, I updated some folder names and these updated are not reflected in autoload_files.php and autoload_static.php. I just had to run php composer.phar dump-autoload.

Sherl