note 83612 added to language.oop5.autoload

hi...i have this question : i need to clear some points about the function __autoload : IS THIS CORRECT : in the beginning of the script we write : function __autoload($class_name) { require($class_name.'.php'); } then for ex : $obj = new class1; apache will first search for a defined class in the script with the name class1..if not found it will load a file called class1.php in the same dir the script exists... i add this : function __autoload($class_name) { if(is_file($class_name.'.php')) include it else echo "cant find file!"; } then when i tried to create a new object : $obj = new class1; and deleted the file class1.php it prints : can find file then fatal error :class 'class1' not found.. it is suppose to only print : cant find file thanks ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 213.6.235.252 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83612 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83612/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83612/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83612/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83612/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83612/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83612/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83612 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83612 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php