Cannot run php code generated with build

[bentxt]

Cannot run php code generated with build

[Chemaclass]

The issue is that the current main.php that we generate when running the phel build command is missing the autoload from vendor, therefore it doesn't know where to find the dependency classes. E.g:

Uncaught Error: Class "Phel\Lang\Registry" not found in ./temp/cli-skeleton/out/phel/core.php:3

An alternative solution for now: you can create a script yourself similar to what I did here: https://github.com/Chemaclass/phel-snake/blob/main/play.php

<?php declare(strict_types=1);

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

$compiledFile = __DIR__ . "/out/phel_snake/main.php";
if (!file_exists($compiledFile)) {
    echo 'Building the project...';
    exec('vendor/bin/phel build --no-cache');
}

require_once $compiledFile;

With this script you are requiring the vendor/autoload file and then calling your "main built entry point". So, instead of running the php out/cli_skeleton/main.php you would run php main.php, having something similar in your main.php as I have in the play.php. Does it make sense for you?

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That said, this is an interesting observation that might need a rethink to avoid this work around all the time, and rather be something integrated as part of the "build" command. Therefore, we can agree that this is not a bug, but a "feature" that I will take a deeper look. Thanks for reporting it, @bentxt !

[Chemaclass]

@bentxt I created a PR (#607) automating the creation of this template, so this will be part of the build command.

[Chemaclass]

Already merged in the main branch. Here you have a demo:

Screen.Recording.2023-06-23.at.15.50.12.mov