Autoload to spl_autoload

PHP
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I have been using __autoload for a while now and it works fine but since they recommend not using it any more I think I need to move forward. Currently I load __autoload every time I enter the system as follows:

function __autoload($object){
	  $source = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/classes/' . str_replace('_', '/', $object) . '.php';
	  require_once($source);
	}

A sample class would be named Admin_LogicIn and the filename would be LogicIn.php in the Admin subdirectory.

To instantiate it is just new Admin_LogicIn(arg1, arg2); and it works great!

Recently I wanted to use the Stripe library and they are structured differently with namespace and class with the same name all in one directory which would be a subdirectory on my system. So short of changing their files, which I obviously don’t want to do, I can’t instantiate their classes.

So first question, can I make the adjustment to

function my_autoload($object) {
     $source = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/classes/' . str_replace('_', '/', $object) . '.php';
     require_once($source);
}

spl_autoload_register('my_autoload');

Does that leave me in the same place I am now just using spl_autoload instead of __autoload? And if it does, can I ‘spl_autoload_register’ another function to cover the other library and how are namespaces handled in that case?

Thanks

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Quick update, I went ahead and made the change to the spl_autoload_register and it seems to work exactly the same. I can see no difference which I suppose is good. So what is the advantage of spl_autoload_register and if I use a second register with a different function it appears to ignore it. I assume I am either missing the point here or doing something wrong. Any ideas to point me in the right direction? Thanks

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The reason that you don’t see much of spl_autoload anymore is that composer will generate a nice optimized autoloader for you. So use composer to install stripes and have at it. One less headache to have to worry about. https://getcomposer.org/

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Thanks, If it does that, what structure do I have to use for my files? Can they just stay the same or will it need to be modified to the namespace and/or the \ back slashes rather than the _ underscore and directory_subdirectory I am using now?

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Never mind. Got it all working now. Thanks for the heads up, works great.

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