Replacement for PHP's __autoload function?

Question

I have read about dynamically loading your class files when needed in a function like this:

function __autoload($className)
{
   include(\"classes/$className         


        

Answer 1

The correct way would be to use spl_autoload_register. To save a __autoload function that some 3rd-party introduced you can put that function on the autoloader-stack as well:

if (function_exists('__autoload')) {
    spl_autoload_register('__autoload');
}