Re: PHP 5 Question about OO

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Alright thanks, I see there is a workaround to cope with that. I've
never worked with __autoload, but will sure give it a look. I don't
realy feel this satisfying, but hey I'm thankful to have oo at all.
janbro


Marcus Bointon schrieb:
> On 1 Jun 2005, at 09:01, janbro wrote:
> 
>> require (Class2.php);
>> class Class1{
>>     private function ... {
>>         $refClass2 = new Class2;
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> Now my question, is it possible to skip that require/ include part? In
>> Java you don't need that, as class and file names are identical.
> 
> 
> PHP doesn't have this luxury - people can call files whatever they 
> like. However, PHP5 does have a nice feature to deal with this. In  your
> class1 class, create a function called __autoload like this:
> 
> function __autoload($class_name) {
>    require_once $class_name . '.php';
> }
> 
> In this case when you ask for a new class2 and you've not required it 
> before, it will automatically call __autoload with $class_name set to 
> 'Class2', which then requires the class file according to the pattern 
> used in the function, in this case 'Class2.php'. Note that while PHP  is
> not case sensitive to class names, the file system you're on  probably
> is, so keep your case consistent throughout.
> 
> Docs are here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php
> 
> Marcus

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