note 58665 added to language.oop5.patterns

I know it's a good desgin pattern but I've never really figured where factory classes are needed in PHP5 since we have the function __autoload() which means you can just go ahead and create your object without passing via a factory class. Could someone please enlighten me on where my concept falls down? ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.patterns.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58665 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58665&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58665&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58665&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58665&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58665&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58665&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58665&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58665&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php