note 49576 deleted from language.oop5.autoload by cmb

Note Submitter: trini0 ---- Be careful with using that eval() trick within __autoload(). If you use reflection in your code, the so called trick, *can* provide ill side effects. For example -> $reflection = new reflectionClass('some_class'); if (FALSE === $reflection->isSubClassOf('another_class')) { throw new Exception('Class "some_class" must extend base class "another_class"'); } If the real class "another_class" doesnt exist at the time, or "some_class" doesn't extend "another_class", with the reflection test, the so called eval() trick, creates a dummy "another_class", thereby making the reflection test useless...