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

Best you can do is to define your own object responsible for autoloading for any subsystem you are programming.

For example:

class BasketAutoloader
{
  static public function register()
  {
    spl_autoload_register(array(new self, 'autoload'));
  }

  public function autoload($class)
  {
    require dirname(__FILE__).'/'.$class.'.php';
  }
}