Update: I got it to work in iex via Code.load_file("test/fixtures/filename.ex"). Iex says this is deprecated in favor of Code.require_file but I couldn’t get that one to work.
mrjbj
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al2o3cr
In a Phoenix project, iex is usually running in MIX_ENV=dev which means files in test/support aren’t compiled with the default generated mix.exs:
Also, it may be a transcription error - but your Code.load_file example is reading from test/fixtures while your previous post mentions test/support/fixtures 
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al2o3cr
Either that, or add test/support to elixirc_paths for dev; I’ve worked on projects that did that because the seeds.exs file used ex_machina factories.
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ityonemo
add test/support to elixirc_paths for dev
Yikes, I don’t like that because it subverts the developers expectations and gives me an “icky feeling”, though I can’t immediately identify a downside.
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nature
The import_file function works just fine for me, It loads the file and the module, methods, whatever the file contains into the current repl session and you can use them in the REPL session as you see fit
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