2 autoload?

PHP
1

Hi, I am currently trying to integrate a plugin to an existing application. My own plugin consist of an autoloading class, however, the application itself also already consist of an autoloading class. How do I go about adding the 2nd one?

The existing application autoload class:


new AutoLoad( );

class AutoLoad {

    public function __construct( ) {
        spl_autoload_register( array( $this, 'load' ) );
    }

    public function load( $className ) {
    }

My own autoload function.

function __autoload($class_name)
{

Should I change my autoload function to a class and extend the already existing AutoLoad class? Does it work this way?

2

You should use the [fphp]spl_autoload_register[/fphp] function as their class already does. You don’t necessarily need to make it a class, but you do need to use [fphp]spl_autoload_register[/fphp].

You can also use a closure in php 5.3 for this as follows:


spl_autoload_register( function( $path ) {
 // body of your autoload function.
});
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3

Thanks Michael. I tried doing it this way:


require_once APP_ROOT.'/includes/autoloader.inc.php';
spl_autoload_register( '__autoload' );

But I got exception:
Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘LogicException’ with message ‘Function __autoload’ not found (function ‘__autoload’ founf or invalid function name)

Any idea what went wrong?

4

Hi Michael, I got the logicexception sorted out. Its because I forgot adding in the namespace. Thanks alot.

5

No!! You CANNOT use the magic function name __autoload and the spl_autoload_register system and expect them both to work. You must either change the name of your function to something non-magical, or pass it as an anonymous function (that is a closure) as I described.