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i'm editing a Magento 2 module. If i install the module via composer require, then run all the necessary commands, the module works.

If i manually copy the module files from vendor/{vendorname}/{modulename} to app/code/{vendorname}/{modulename}, then uninstall the vendor module via composer+all the necessary commands, then i enable the module present in app/code with the necessary commands, this is the result: error in dashboard

And this is the resulting system.log:

[2022-10-21T14:57:47.998332+00:00] main.CRITICAL: Error: Class "Mynamespace\Helper\Data" not found in /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/ObjectManager/Factory/AbstractFactory.php:121
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/ObjectManager/Factory/Compiled.php(108): Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\Factory\AbstractFactory->createObject()
#1 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/ObjectManager/Factory/Compiled.php(150): Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\Factory\Compiled->create()
#2 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/ObjectManager/Factory/Compiled.php(79): Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\Factory\Compiled->get()
#3 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/ObjectManager/ObjectManager.php(56): Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\Factory\Compiled->create()
#4 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Element/BlockFactory.php(44): Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\ObjectManager->create()
#5 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout/Generator/Block.php(272): Magento\Framework\View\Element\BlockFactory->createBlock()
#6 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout/Generator/Block.php(252): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Generator\Block->getBlockInstance()
#7 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout/Generator/Block.php(229): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Generator\Block->createBlock()
#8 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout/Generator/Block.php(134): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Generator\Block->generateBlock()
#9 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout/GeneratorPool.php(93): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Generator\Block->process()
#10 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout.php(365): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\GeneratorPool->process()
#11 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(58): Magento\Framework\View\Layout->generateElements()
#12 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(138): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Interceptor->___callParent()
#13 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(153): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Interceptor->Magento\Framework\Interception\{closure}()
#14 /var/www/magento2-domain/generated/code/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/Interceptor.php(32): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Interceptor->___callPlugins()
#15 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout/Builder.php(129): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Interceptor->generateElements()
#16 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Page/Builder.php(65): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Builder->generateLayoutBlocks()
#17 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout/Builder.php(65): Magento\Framework\View\Page\Builder->generateLayoutBlocks()
#18 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout.php(271): Magento\Framework\View\Layout\Builder->build()
#19 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/View/Layout.php(896): Magento\Framework\View\Layout->build()
#20 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/module-cms/Helper/Page.php(216): Magento\Framework\View\Layout->getBlock()
#21 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/module-cms/Controller/Index/Index.php(74): Magento\Cms\Helper\Page->prepareResultPage()
#22 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(58): Magento\Cms\Controller\Index\Index->execute()
#23 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(138): Magento\Cms\Controller\Index\Index\Interceptor->___callParent()
#24 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(153): Magento\Cms\Controller\Index\Index\Interceptor->Magento\Framework\Interception\{closure}()
#25 /var/www/magento2-domain/generated/code/Magento/Cms/Controller/Index/Index/Interceptor.php(23): Magento\Cms\Controller\Index\Index\Interceptor->___callPlugins()
#26 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/App/Action/Action.php(111): Magento\Cms\Controller\Index\Index\Interceptor->execute()
#27 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(58): Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action->dispatch()
#28 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(138): Magento\Cms\Controller\Index\Index\Interceptor->___callParent()
#29 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(153): Magento\Cms\Controller\Index\Index\Interceptor->Magento\Framework\Interception\{closure}()
#30 /var/www/magento2-domain/generated/code/Magento/Cms/Controller/Index/Index/Interceptor.php(32): Magento\Cms\Controller\Index\Index\Interceptor->___callPlugins()
#31 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/App/FrontController.php(245): Magento\Cms\Controller\Index\Index\Interceptor->dispatch()
#32 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/App/FrontController.php(212): Magento\Framework\App\FrontController->getActionResponse()
#33 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/App/FrontController.php(147): Magento\Framework\App\FrontController->processRequest()
#34 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(58): Magento\Framework\App\FrontController->dispatch()
#35 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(138): Magento\Framework\App\FrontController\Interceptor->___callParent()
#36 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/module-store/App/FrontController/Plugin/RequestPreprocessor.php(99): Magento\Framework\App\FrontController\Interceptor->Magento\Framework\Interception\{closure}()
#37 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(135): Magento\Store\App\FrontController\Plugin\RequestPreprocessor->aroundDispatch()
#38 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/module-page-cache/Model/App/FrontController/BuiltinPlugin.php(75): Magento\Framework\App\FrontController\Interceptor->Magento\Framework\Interception\{closure}()
#39 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(135): Magento\PageCache\Model\App\FrontController\BuiltinPlugin->aroundDispatch()
#40 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/Interception/Interceptor.php(153): Magento\Framework\App\FrontController\Interceptor->Magento\Framework\Interception\{closure}()
#41 /var/www/magento2-domain/generated/code/Magento/Framework/App/FrontController/Interceptor.php(23): Magento\Framework\App\FrontController\Interceptor->___callPlugins()
#42 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/App/Http.php(116): Magento\Framework\App\FrontController\Interceptor->dispatch()
#43 /var/www/magento2-domain/vendor/magento/framework/App/Bootstrap.php(264): Magento\Framework\App\Http->launch()
#44 /var/www/magento2-domain/pub/index.php(30): Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap->run()
#45 {main} [] []

From this log it seems that magento cannot find one of my module's classes, as if the class has not been autoloaded.

So my question is: How is it possible that the EXACT same module works when placed in the vendor folder via composer, but doesn't work when manually placed under app/code ??

The module is evidently working when placed in vendor, hence the code is correct.

Isn't app/code meant to be used for the live development of modules?? Am i missing something?

Please note: after i moved the module to app/code i ran the following commands:

  composer install
  composer dump-autoload
  bin/magento module:status
  bin/magento module:enable Companyname_Modulename --clear-static-content
  bin/magento setup:upgrade
  bin/magento setup:di:compile
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  • as i said in the post, it seems that the autoloading of classes doesn't work when the code is placed in app/code. is that correct? how to fix this?
    – aetonsi
    Oct 21, 2022 at 15:32

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Modules from vendor can move to app/code, and it works fine.

Make sure you set the correct namespace (folders name) with case sensitive for vendorname and modulename in app/code:

The correct namespace gets from componentName param in vendor/vendorname/modulename/registration.php, or some path related like vendor/vendorname/src/modulename/registration.php, it depend on how the vendor build the structure.

eg: vendor/aetonsi/catalog/registration.php has componentName is Aetonsi_Catalog, you should change to app/code/Aetonsi/Catalog

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  • dammit it works... the composer package has a different name than the namespace used internally (company/vendor name matches, but package is named differently)..... could you please kindly point me to a documentation of some sort where you found this information? i didn't read this anywhere when researching... Thank you !!!
    – aetonsi
    Oct 24, 2022 at 8:42
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    – Tu Van
    Oct 24, 2022 at 9:05

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