note 103571 added to language.oop5.autoload

Here's an autoload function that works both for normal classes as well as for namespaces. Is there an easier way to do this for namespaces? set_include_path might do the job but it didn't worked for me so I'll keep using my solution :D general.php: <?php /** * YES value * @var int */ define('YES',1); //A 'YES' or 'NO' is doc friendly /** * NO value * @var int */ define('NO',0); /** * Define wether SMARTY template engine is active * @var int */ define('SMARTY_ENABLED',NO); //I use Smarty for some developments so I'll leave it here /** * Define classes directory location * @var string */ define('PHP_CLASSES_PATH','C:/Program Files/Zend/Apache2/htdocs/project/php/classes'); // Set it to whatever path you like /** * Define namespaces location * @var string */ define('PHP_NAMESPACES_PATH',PHP_CLASSES_PATH); //Same as PHP_CLASSES_PATH, set this to whatever path you like, it's just an example ;) /** * If SMARTY is enabled the define the proper path */ if(SMARTY_ENABLED===YES){ define('SMARTY_DIR','C:/Program Files/Zend/Apache2/htdocs/project/Smarty/libs'); } /** * Autoload function for classes * Needs following constants to be set: SMARTY_ENABLED,YES,SMARTY_DIR, PHP_NAMESPACES_PATH and PHP_CLASSES_PATH * @param $class Class name, it is set automatically * @throws Exception */ function __autoload($class){ $class = strtolower($class); //I assume all filenames are in lowercase, class name can be ProjectConfig and the autoload function will look for the file projectconfig if($class == 'smarty'){ if(SMARTY_ENABLED === YES){ require_once (SMARTY_DIR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "Smarty.class.php"); } else{ throw new Exception('SMARTY is not enabled'); } } else{ if(strpos('\\',$class)){ $class = preg_replace('/\\/',DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,$class); //Sometimes the OS will not recognize namespaces separator as a directory separator require_once (PHP_NAMESPACES_PATH . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $class . ".php"); } else{ require_once (PHP_CLASSES_PATH . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $class . ".php"); } } } ?> file.php: <?php require_once('./general.php'); use Something/Client; //Change '/' for '\' $client = new Client(); $client2 = new Something/Client(); //Change '/' for '\' ?> ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 198.45.18.95 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/103571 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103571/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103571/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103571/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103571/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103571/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103571/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/103571 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/103571 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php