note 81306 added to function.spl-autoload-register

For a while I was using the class autoload solution of sandrejev at gmail dot com, 08-Nov-2006 11:23, on this page http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php. As it appears, this method works fine most of the time, except in two specific cases: 1. It does not handle static classes correctly (also see the note of ostapk, 19-Dec-2007 02:46, same page and the article at onphp (s)he refers to). 2. When you accidentally have a variable in your stack that contains single quotes, PHP will choke with the following cryptic message: Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in autoload.inc.php(64) : eval()'d code on line 26 I came up with this solution, which seems to solve these problems: <?php // code to set include_path... class AutoloadException extends Exception { } class AutoloadClass { public static function autoload($sClassName) { $bIsExisting = @include_once($sClassName . '.class.php'); if ($bIsExisting) return; eval("class $sClassName { function __construct() { throw new AutoloadException('Class $sClassName not found'); } static function __callstatic(\$m, \$args) { throw new AutoloadException('Class $sClassName not found'); } }"); } } spl_autoload_register(array('AutoloadClass', 'autoload')); ?> Now, my application, that indeed uses run-time defined (static) classes that are actually allowed not to exist, runs correctly again. The AutoloadException can be caught to handle this case without stopping code execution with a Fatal Error. ---- Server IP: 83.137.20.135 Probable Submitter: 84.245.32.242 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.spl-autoload-register.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/81306 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81306/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81306/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81306/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81306/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81306/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81306/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/81306 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/81306 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php