Laravel not discovering package I am developing

So, your package’s composer.json should be like this:

{
    "name": "troyerx/statusmanager",
    "description": "Simple model status manager",
    "license": "MIT",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "keywords": [
        "troyerx",
        "php",
        "statusmanager"
    ],
    "authors": [
        {
            "name": "Sergio",
            "email": "[email protected]"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "laravel/framework": "^10.0"
    },
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Troyerx\Statusmanager\": "src/"
        }
    }
}

See that I have:

• Added a require (Laravel Framework), so it depends on Laravel (if it is pure PHP, remove it)
• I have also added version, so you can keep track of version and it is easier

Your main composer.json should be like this (I will list the sections I have changed or added):

{
    "name": "laravel/laravel",
    "type": "project",
    "description": "The Laravel Framework.",
    "keywords": ["framework", "laravel"],
    "license": "MIT",
    "require": {
        "php": "^8.1",
        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.2",
        "laravel/framework": "^10.0",
        "laravel/sanctum": "^3.2",
        "laravel/tinker": "^2.8",
        "troyerx/statusmanager": "^1.0"
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "fakerphp/faker": "^1.9.1",
        "laravel/pint": "^1.0",
        "laravel/sail": "^1.18",
        "mockery/mockery": "^1.4.4",
        "nunomaduro/collision": "^7.0",
        "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.0",
        "spatie/laravel-ignition": "^2.0"
    },
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "App\": "app/",
            "Database\Factories\": "database/factories/",
            "Database\Seeders\": "database/seeders/"
        }
    },
    "autoload-dev": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Tests\": "tests/"
        }
    },
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "path",
            "url": "packages/"
        },
    ],
    "scripts": {
        "post-autoload-dump": [
            "Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
            "@php artisan package:discover --ansi"
        ],
        "post-update-cmd": [
            "@php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-assets --ansi --force"
        ],
        "post-root-package-install": [
            "@php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');""
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
            "@php artisan key:generate --ansi"
        ]
    },
    "extra": {
        "laravel": {
            "dont-discover": []
        }
    },
    "config": {
        "optimize-autoloader": true,
        "preferred-install": "dist",
        "sort-packages": true,
        "allow-plugins": {
            "pestphp/pest-plugin": true,
            "php-http/discovery": true
        }
    },
    "minimum-stability": "stable",
    "prefer-stable": true
}

I have:

• Removed your custom namespace from autoload and autoload-dev
• Added a normal require with a version constraint
• Added repositories section in the file linking to what folder it should look it up

So, first edit your package’s composer file, then add the repositories to your main composer file, and then use the command line to do composer require troyerx/statusmanager:^1.0 and done, it will automatically be picked.

Remember to bump the package’s composer version (version section) to a new version, and then just run composer update troyerx/statusmanager in your main composer and done!

This is the composer documentation I have used: https://getcomposer.org/doc/05-repositories.md#path

One thing to have in mind: if you are developing a Laravel package, you should not have database and factories inside src, but outside, and then have that package’s composer.json like this:

{
    "name": "troyerx/statusmanager",
    "description": "Simple model status manager",
    "license": "MIT",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "keywords": [
        "troyerx",
        "php",
        "statusmanager"
    ],
    "authors": [
        {
            "name": "Sergio",
            "email": "[email protected]"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "laravel/framework": "^10.0"
    },
    "autoload": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Troyerx\Statusmanager\": "src/",
            "Troyerx\Statusmanager\Database\Factories\": "database/factories/",
            "Troyerx\Statusmanager\Database\Seeders\": "database/seeders/"
        }
    }
}

You need to have your own ServiceProvider and add it to the package’s composer extra -> laravel section, like this: https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/blob/4dc20b028adaeadf603860f179f09da5aa21f5b5/composer.json#L70-L74

Use that development package as guide on how to implement your own package, it should look like very similar (at least with your files, but structure wise).

Use Laravel Jetstream (for example), to see how to load the migrations. Do follow it as an example.

Have in mind that all Laravel packages are like those 2, so if you know a package, go to github and see the structure is has and what it has in composer.json, etc. Follow that!