Magento 2 Non-Composer Registration Plugin

A Composer plugin that dynamically generates the NonComposerComponentRegistration.php file during Composer operations, replacing the static file with a dynamically generated one based on glob patterns.

Installation

composer require perfcom/magento2-non-composer-registration

Configuration

Exclude Configuration

For monorepo projects where you need to exclude certain components, create app/etc/NonComposerComponentRegistrationExclude.php:

<?php
return [
    'Vendor/ModuleName',
    'AnotherVendor/AnotherModule',
    'path/to/exclude',
    // Add more exclusions as needed
];

The exclude file should return an array of paths to exclude. The plugin matches these paths against the last two directory segments of the discovered registration files.

Example:

• If a registration file is found at app/code/Vendor/Module/registration.php
• The path checked against exclusions would be Vendor/Module
• To exclude this module, add 'Vendor/Module' to the exclude array

This is particularly useful in monorepo setups where:

• Multiple Magento instances share the same codebase
• Certain modules should only be active in specific environments
• You need to selectively disable modules without removing them from the codebase

How It Works

1. Trigger: Plugin runs after composer install and composer update
2. Backup: Creates backup of existing NonComposerComponentRegistration.php if it exists
3. Scan: Uses glob patterns from registration_globlist.php to find registration files
4. Filter: Applies exclusions from NonComposerComponentRegistrationExclude.php if present
5. Generate: Creates new registration file with all discovered components
6. Output: Saves the generated file to app/etc/NonComposerComponentRegistration.php

Generated File Structure

The plugin generates a PHP file that looks like this:

<?php

$registrationFiles = array(
    '/path/to/app/code/Vendor/Module/registration.php',
    '/path/to/app/design/frontend/Vendor/Theme/registration.php',
    // ... more registration files
);

foreach ($registrationFiles as $registrationFile) {
    require_once $registrationFile;
}

Commands

The plugin automatically runs during:

• composer install
• composer update

No manual commands are required.

Requirements

• PHP 8.0 or higher
• Composer Plugin API ^1.0 or ^2.0
• Magento 2.x

License

MIT License