Using Autoload

[TonioIncredible]

Hi,

Maybe I am dumb, but I don't manage to fix this Autoload story.

I downloaded PhpSpreadsheet and inserted it in my project, but I don't know how to install correctly an autoload. Previously I was using PhpExcel and had no issue with it, but it does not work anymore (maybe due to PHP 7?).

I read the doc about composer and understood nothing...

I am not a Linux man.

My platform:

• Windows 10 64 bits
• Wampserver 3.1.4 with PHP 7.2.10
• Intellij Idea

If someone can help me, it will be wonderful.

Thanks in advance

[oleibman]

For PHPExcel, you had a statement near the start of your script like (your directory may vary):

require __DIR__ . '/Classes/PHPExcel.php';

For PhpSpreadsheet, you need to use the following instead:

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

[TonioIncredible]

Thank you,

But where do I find this '/vendor/autoload.php' ? It is not coming with PhpSpreadsheet.

[MarkBaker]

PhpSpreadsheet is a composer install, as described in the README instructions. If you choose to download it manually rather than using composer, then you need to download all dependencies and set up autoloading manually

These instructions may provide some help if you really want to do all this manually, but why don't you use composer?

Composer is not a "linux thing", it is a "PHP thing", a command-line dependency management tool. When you do the install using composer, it installs all dependencies in a folder called vendor, and creates an autoloader file that will autoload all those dependencies

[TonioIncredible]

Thanks, I managed with composer.