Autoload route() helper function

Author: ivanvermeyen

README.md

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ A convenient way to set up and use localized routes in a Laravel app.
   - [Use Fallback Locale](#-use-fallback-locale)
   - [Omit Slug for Main Locale](#-omit-slug-for-main-locale)
   - [Scoped Options](#-scoped-options)
-- [Load Helper Functions](#-load-helper-functions)
 - [Add Middleware to Update App Locale](#-add-middleware-to-update-app-locale)
   - [Detectors](#detectors)
   - [Stores](#stores)
@@ -150,18 +149,6 @@ Route::localized(function () {
 ]);
 ```
 
-## 📂 Load Helper Functions
-
-If you would like to use the `route()` helper function to generate localized URLs, you will need to load the helpers file before Laravel's helpers are loaded.
-You do this by requiring our `helpers.php` in your `public/index.php` file, right before composer's `autoload.php` is loaded:
-
-```php
-require __DIR__.'/../vendor/codezero/laravel-localized-routes/src/helpers.php'; //=> add this line
-require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
-```
-
-If you don't load the helpers file, you can always generate localized routes using `URL::route()` with Laravel's URL facade.
-
 ## 🧩 Add Middleware to Update App Locale
 
 By default, the app locale will always be what you configured in `config/app.php`.

UPGRADE.md

@@ -25,26 +25,6 @@ We dropped support for Laravel 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 and 6.x.
 
 ---
 
-### ➡ Manually Load `route()` Helper
-
-If you would like to continue to use the `route()` helper function to generate localized URLs, you will need to load the helpers file before Laravel's helpers are loaded.
-
-This used to be handled automatically by a composer plugin, but this caused an issue for some people.
-Once we find a better way to automate this, we will implement it.
-
-If you don't load the helpers file, you can always generate localized routes using `URL::route()` with Laravel's URL facade.
-
-🔸 **Actions Required**
-
-- Require our `helpers.php` in your `public/index.php` file, right before composer's `autoload.php` is loaded:
-
-```php
-require __DIR__.'/../vendor/codezero/laravel-localized-routes/src/helpers.php'; //=> add this line
-require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
-```
-
----
-
 ### ➡ Middleware Changes
 
 Applying the `CodeZero\LocalizedRoutes\Middleware\SetLocale` middleware is now more straightforward.

composer.json

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.2.5|^8.0",
         "codezero/browser-locale": "^3.0",
+        "codezero/composer-preload-files": "^1.0",
         "codezero/laravel-uri-translator": "^1.0",
         "codezero/php-url-builder": "^1.0",
         "illuminate/support": "^7.0|^8.0|^9.0|^10.0"
@@ -50,14 +51,17 @@
                 "CodeZero\\LocalizedRoutes\\LocalizedRoutesServiceProvider"
             ]
         },
-        "include_files": [
+        "preload-files": [
             "src/helpers.php"
         ]
     },
     "config": {
         "preferred-install": "dist",
         "sort-packages": true,
-        "optimize-autoloader": true
+        "optimize-autoloader": true,
+        "allow-plugins": {
+            "codezero/composer-preload-files": true
+        }
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "prefer-stable": true