Remove 0.0.0/composer-include-files (#66)

Author: ivanvermeyen

README.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ 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)
@@ -149,6 +150,18 @@ 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

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Hopefully, this is now a 1000 times better structured and easier to digest.
 
 If you have any problems or improvements, you are always welcome to create an issue or pull request.
 
+---
+
 ### ➡ Minimum Requirements Updated
 
 We dropped support for Laravel 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 and 6.x.
@@ -23,6 +25,26 @@ 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

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^7.2.5|^8.0",
-        "0.0.0/composer-include-files": "^1.5",
         "codezero/browser-locale": "^3.0",
         "codezero/laravel-uri-translator": "^1.0",
         "codezero/php-url-builder": "^1.0",
@@ -58,11 +57,7 @@
     "config": {
         "preferred-install": "dist",
         "sort-packages": true,
-        "optimize-autoloader": true,
-        "allow-plugins": {
-            "0.0.0/composer-include-files": true,
-            "kylekatarnls/update-helper": true
-        }
+        "optimize-autoloader": true
     },
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "prefer-stable": true