Re: PHP 5 Question about OO

* janbro <janbro@web.de> : > Okay, I see there is a workaround but nothing realy satisfying, but I'm > not hoing to complain, I'm hapy to have oo in PHP at all. I never worked > with __autoload so far, but I will give it a try and check it out The best way to use autoload is with the auto_prepend_file configuration directive. By adding the __autoload() function to a file that is automatically prepended, you don't even have to think about it in your scripts. This kind of flexibility is nice -- you can have different prepend files for different sites or different areas of the same site -- so that you only have the funcationality accessible that you need right there. You can also define your own naming schema -- which, admittedly is a dubious advantage, but an advantage nonetheless. > Marcus Bointon schrieb: > > On 1 Jun 2005, at 09:01, janbro wrote: > > > > > require (Class2.php); > > > class Class1{ > > > private function ... { > > > $refClass2 = new Class2; > > > } > > > } > > > > > > Now my question, is it possible to skip that require/ include part? In > > > Java you don't need that, as class and file names are identical. > > > > > > PHP doesn't have this luxury - people can call files whatever they > > like. However, PHP5 does have a nice feature to deal with this. In your > > class1 class, create a function called __autoload like this: > > > > function __autoload($class_name) { > > require_once $class_name . '.php'; > > } > > > > In this case when you ask for a new class2 and you've not required it > > before, it will automatically call __autoload with $class_name set to > > 'Class2', which then requires the class file according to the pattern > > used in the function, in this case 'Class2.php'. Note that while PHP is > > not case sensitive to class names, the file system you're on probably > > is, so keep your case consistent throughout. > > > > Docs are here: > > http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | WEBSITES: Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org mailto:matthew@garden.org | http://vermontbotanical.org