Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61265&edit=1
ID: 61265
Comment by: phristen at yahoo dot com
Reported by: manchokapitancho at gmail dot com
Summary: __autoload should know about traits
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 5.4.0
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
This would certainly be a nice feature.
However, keep in mind that it is not always possible to tell whether something
is a class or an interface.
For example, when doing something like this, we can't tell whether 'A' is an
interface or a class:
if ($a instanceof A) {
}
Previous Comments:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-03-08 14:39:39] manchokapitancho at gmail dot com
Yes, there is a use case.
Currently, I use a workaround but in general, the idea behind is that after I
locate the file, corresponding to the class name being autoloaded,
I require_once the file and then check if the class is really inside
(class_exists). As of 5.4, class_exists returns false for traits and I have to
use
class_exists || trait_exists. Not a big deal, really, but it is still possible
to
have different paths for classes (ex. /classes) and different one for traits
(/traits).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-03-08 13:26:06] shiranai7 at hotmail dot com
Sorry.. it should say "It is NOT a critical feature" instead of "NOW".
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-03-08 13:25:04] shiranai7 at hotmail dot com
It is now a critical feature but it would be nice. For example - if I decided
to format the filenames depending on what is being autoloaded
(class/interface/trait) I could not easily do it.
Adding a second argument to the autoload callback would make this possible and
should not break anything.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-03-04 17:11:11] g...@php.net
Could you elaborate a bit on the usecase?
Until now, there didn't seem to be the need to handle interfaces differently in
an
autoloader. Why would you treat traits differently from classes and interfaces?
------------------------------------------------------------------------
[2012-03-03 13:10:25] manchokapitancho at gmail dot com
Description:
------------
Currently, __autoload is automatically called when a class is not found. As of
5.4.0, it is also called when a trait is not found. It is also called when an
interface is not found.
Unfortunately, there is no way to understand what type of resource is being
autoloaded.
So I suggest that a second optional argument is added to __autoload. It can
receive three possible values from the PHP engine - for example:
AUTOLOAD_CLASS, AUTOLOAD_TRAIT and AUTOLOAD_INSTANCE.
This way, a better autoload handling can be achieved.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61265&edit=1
