Readme [Lumen]: Simpler solution for supporting additional Facades and a note on getting Eloquent mixin to work.

[MitchellMcKenna]

• Currently docs suggest to create config/app.php just for aliases (but to rename it something else) and having to rename it back every time you need to re-generate your ide-helper files. Instead this suggests copying the config/app.php from vendor folder (just like you would do to override any other values in this config) and adding your aliases to it and leaving the file there.
• Adds note on adding Eloquent to aliases array so that @mixin \Eloquent works for autocompletion.
• Updates code sample to show adding aliases array to bottom of copied config/app.php instead.

[MitchellMcKenna]

We might even be able to provide a vendor:publish command to copy the config/app.php from the vendor directory automatically, let me know if you'd like me to update the pull request with that.

[DarkGhostHunter]

Currently, Lumen's config/app.php doesn't include any kind of array of Facades, so even by copying that file you won't get any Facade not already aliased.

I updated my pull for that particular reason also.

[mfn]

@MitchellMcKenna do you feel this PR is still relevant?

[MitchellMcKenna]

@mfn Yes, just tested out again with latest lumen version.

I was only able to get \Eloquent autocomplete to work, plus I had to update the call $app->withFacades() call in bootstrap/app.php with the alias as well:

$app->withFacades(true, [
    Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::class => 'Eloquent',
]);

Not sure why that step is necessary as well.

Like @DarkGhostHunter said, Lumen doesn't use illuminate AliasLoader so adding aliases in config/app.php won't create the aliases for the app, just allow ide-helper to know about them when ide-helper pulls them here:

laravel-ide-helper/src/Generator.php

Line 273 in 6c8e847

$facades = array_merge($facades, $this->config->get('app.aliases', []));

. This means you have to add your aliases in both places; in $app->withFacades() call for lumen to register them and in config/app.php for ide-helper to set them up for autocompletion.

I will update the pull request with $app->withFacades() change and make the readme clearer as well.

[kiding]

After struggling for hours looking through #438 (comment) and #611 (comment) and even #723, and so many other issues, the cleanest way to tell Generator to include \Eloquent—even without creating config/app.php—I came up with is this:

class_alias(Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::class, 'Eloquent');
$app->config->set('app.aliases', ['Eloquent' => Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::class]);
$app->register(Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider::class);

That was rough, not to mention how we'd set up our project is somewhat peculiar. Not really recommended to everyone.

[mfn]

Hey 👋🏼 whilst integration in Lumen might still work, due to decline in usage of Lumen and better alternatives like Laravel Octane, Lumen is not officially supported anymore (the state of affairs where never really great, to begin with)