How to use rackspace php-opencloud with Laravel 4

Question

I'm trying to use the php-opencloud library with Laravel 4 (it's my first time with it, I'm a bit intimidated...)

I have added this to my composer.json, tried a composer update, which downloaded the lib correctly, but what's next? How can I autoload it?

"repositories": {
    "php-opencloud": {
        "type": "package",
        "package": {
            "name": "rackspace/php-opencloud",
            "version": "1.4.1",
            "source": {
                "url": "https://github.com/rackspace/php-opencloud.git",
                "type": "git",
                "reference": "origin/master"
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

Most of the packages you install via Composer make use of autoloading:

• Basic Usage: Autoloading ^{Composer Docs}

That is basically just including a single file in your bootstrap and you're ready to go:

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

That is relative to the location where you placed your composer.json file.