I proposed the following improvement today:
http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-937
Basically, I propose having Zend::loadClass() test first with
class_exists() and then with interface_exists().
The rationale I have for this is that when using Zend::loadClass() with
spl_autoload() recently, I hit a snag when some parsed code had a
typehint referencing an interface that had not yet been loaded. Because
Zend::loadClass() does not load interfaces currently, spl_autoload()
failed, and a fatal error was raised.
Interestingly, a classfile the class require_once()'d later loaded the
interface file, but because spl_autoload() tried to load the interface
before that action occurred, the failure occurred.
The proposed fix is very simple, and makes loadClass() more flexible.
However, we have already once deprecated loadInterface(), and want to
hear from you to determine if there are any other concerns with adding
this functionality.
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Matthew Weier O'Phinney
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Zend - The PHP Company | http://www.zend.com/
