tinker.config.php

<?php

/**
 * Automatically alias Laravel Model's to their base classname.
 * Ex: "App\Models\User" now can just be accessed by "User"
 */
if (! function_exists('aliasModels')) {
    function aliasModels() {
        $finder = new \Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder();
        $finder->files()->name('*.php')->in(base_path().'/app');

        foreach ($finder as $file) {
            $namespace = 'App\\';

            if ($relativePath = $file->getRelativePath()) {
                $namespace .= strtr($relativePath, '/', '\\') . '\\';
            }

            $class = $namespace . $file->getBasename('.php');

            try {
                $r = new \ReflectionClass($class);

                if ($r->isSubclassOf('Illuminate\\Database\\Eloquent\\Model')) {
                    class_alias($class, $file->getBasename('.php'));
                }
            } catch (Exception $e) {
                //
            }
        }
    }
}

aliasModels();

return [
    'startupMessage' => '<info>Using local config file (tinker.config.php)</info>',

    'commands' => [
        // new \App\Tinker\TestCommand,
    ],
];

Ya, good call - that does nothing, I wanted to show that you can register custom commands from this config. I will comment it out so it doesn't break for others.

Great share! Thank you 👍

https://gist.github.com/Ellrion/145534c19a2b3e87e98b07da6b546240

Cleaned up version:

class ShortClassNames
{
    /** @var \Illuminate\Support\Collection */
    public $classes = [];

    public static function register()
    {
        (new static)->registerAutoloader();
    }

    public function __construct()
    {
        $classFiles = include(base_path('vendor/composer/autoload_classmap.php'));

        $this->classes = collect($classFiles)
            ->map(function (string $path, string $fqcn) {
                $name = last(explode('\\', $fqcn));

                return compact('fqcn', 'name');
            })
            ->filter()
            ->values();
    }

    public function registerAutoloader()
    {
        spl_autoload_register([$this, 'aliasClass']);
    }

    public function aliasClass($findClass)
    {
        $class = $this->classes->first(function ($class) use ($findClass) {
            return $class['name'] === $findClass;
        });

        if (! $class) {
            return;
        }

        class_alias($class['fqcn'], $class['name']);
    }
}

Usage: put this in config.tinker.php.

ShortClassNames::register();

Might add some options and package it soon.

Just read your post and this is a nice addition.

Thanks man, great article and great gist.

My pleasure!

what about defining custom functions for use in tinker?

Should be as simple as defining a function in the config, but I don't remember off hand. Shouldn't be too difficult though with a little research into tinker config files. (looking particularly at the underlying package: PsySh)