note 78198 rejected from language.oop5.autoload by ezyang

Note Submitter: vha at abv dot bg ---- Is it secure to do things this way: <? function __autoload($class_name) { switch($class_name) { case 'class1': include('path\class1.php'); break; case 'class2': include('path\class2.php'); break; case 'class3': include('path\class1.php'); break; } } ?> and are there any benefits in using it in an array: <? $classes = array( 'class1' => 'path\class1.php'; 'class2' => 'path\class2.php'; 'class3' => 'path\class3.php'; ); function __autoload($class_name) { global $classes; if(isset($classes[$class_name])) { include($classes[$class_name]); } } ?> What about the performace issues/benefits using this type for including many files than including them one by one (hard coded)? http://www.lanix.org/ica/