PHP dynamic class loading

Question

Lets say that I have an array that I want to convert to a value object.

My value object class is as follows:

/* file UserVO.php*/
 class UserVO
 {
    pu         


        

Answer 1

$result[] = new $vo($data[$i]); //this obviously wont work...Class name must be a valid object or a string

Have you tried it? It works just as expected (in php 5.1, I don't know how was it with OOP in php 4, but if you are using __construct for constructor this should work).

To avoid multiple includes define magic function __autoload before using any class

function __autoload($className)
{
    require_once 'myclasses/'.$className.'.php';
}

So first call new UserVo will trigger this function to include file myclasses/UserVo.php.