Re: What's wrong the __autoload()?

On 3/12/08, Richard Heyes <richardh@phpguru.org> wrote: > > I'm wondering what's wrong with the use of __autoload(), since I see that > > projects like the Zend Framework don't use it and prefer to require_once > > each required file. > > Things that happen without you explicitly causing them (ie require() et > al) can lead to confusion. It's called "convention over configuration" and that's exactly where good frameworks should be headed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_over_Configuration > For example a junior developer who doesn't know of its existence and is > new to a job is less likely to admit ignorance and ask how a class is > being defined when __autoload() is being used. That's a the dumbest reason I've ever heard to not use a given language feature. -- Greg Donald http://destiney.com/