Re: What's wrong the __autoload()?

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Oh, I get it.

Thank you!

On Wednesday 12 March 2008 15:26:01 Richard Heyes wrote:
> > I'm wondering what's wrong with the use of __autoload(), since I see that
> > projects like the Zend Framework don't use it and prefer to require_once
> > each required file.
>
> Things that happen without you explicitly causing them (ie require() et
> al) can lead to confusion.
>
> For example a junior developer who doesn't know of its existence  and is
> new to a job is less likely to admit ignorance and ask how a class is
> being defined when __autoload() is being used.


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