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__autoload

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__autoloadAttempt to load undefined class

Description

void __autoload ( string $class )

You can define this function to enable classes autoloading.

Parameters

class

Name of the class to load

Return Values

No value is returned.

See Also



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keyboardSmasher
15 days ago
qeremy, your code is incorrect.

<?php
include_once("./myClass.php");
include_once(
"./myFoo.php");
include_once(
"./myBar.php");

$obj = new myClass();
$foo = new Foo();
$bar = new Bar();
?>

<?php
$foo
= new Foo();
$bar = new Bar();
?>

should be:

<?php
$foo
= new myFoo();
$bar = new myBar();
?>
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qeremy
1 year ago
Even I have never been using this function, just a simple example in order to explain it;

./myClass.php
<?php
class myClass {
    public function
__construct() {
        echo
"myClass init'ed successfuly!!!";
    }
}
?>

./index.php
<?php
// we've writen this code where we need
function __autoload($classname) {
   
$filename = "./". $classname .".php";
    include_once(
$filename);
}

// we've called a class ***
$obj = new myClass();
?>

*** At this line, our "./myClass.php" will be included! This is the magic that we're wondering... And you get this result "myClass init'ed successfuly!!!".

So, if you call a class that named as myClass then a file will be included myClass.php if it exists (if not you get an include error normally). If you call Foo, Foo.php will be included, and so on...

And you don't need some code like this anymore;

<?php
include_once("./myClass.php");
include_once(
"./myFoo.php");
include_once(
"./myBar.php");

$obj = new myClass();
$foo = new Foo();
$bar = new Bar();
?>

Your class files will be included "automatically" when you call (init) them without these functions: "include, include_once, require, require_once".

 
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