note 70898 deleted from language.oop5.autoload by cmb

Note Submitter: andrew dot delete dot cornes at gmail dot delete dot com ---- If you'd like '__autoload()' to support multiple class folders, each containing multiple class files (one per class), you may want to try something like this (file '__autoload.php'): <?php define('CLASS_FILENAME_SUFFIX', '.class.php'); function __autoload($className) { $__autoloadAbsolutePath = dirname(__FILE__); // 'pathStart' is your web application root folder. // (This may or may not be where '__autoload.php' // resides; let's assume here that it resides one // level 'below' the web app root.) $pathStart = $__autoloadAbsolutePath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR; // 'classPath' is a list of class folders to look in. // (In this example, there's just one: 'classlibs/lib1'. // To add more, simply append them; start with // 'PATH_SEPARATOR . $pathStart .', and off you go...) $classPath = PATH_SEPARATOR . $pathStart . 'classlibs' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'lib1'; // Add list of class folders to 'include_path' for the // forthcoming 'require()' (or similar directive). $oldIncludePath = get_include_path(); set_include_path($oldIncludePath . $classPath); require_once($className . CLASS_FILENAME_SUFFIX); // Reinstate initial 'include_path'. set_include_path($oldIncludePath); } ?> As your web application develops, new paths containing class files can be added into the '$classPath' variable within '__autoload()'. If hard-coding the '$classPath' variable isn't to your taste, you could arrange for its value to come from 'outside' in whatever way you like. Any comments gratefully received.