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ID: 61265 Comment by: jwalton at m3hc 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: $extension = array(".pclass", ".pinterface", ".ptrait"); spl_autoload_register(function($classname, $type) { global $includepath; if( $type >=0 && $type <= 2 ) { $filename = "$includepath/".strtolower($classname).$extension[$type]; if( is_readable($filename) ) { include_once($filename); } } }); You could also use spl_autoload_extensions(".pclass,.pinterface,.ptrait") or spl_autoload_register(function($classname, $type) { global $includepath; $filename = "$includepath/".strtolower($classname); if( is_readable("$filename.pclass" ) { include_once("$filename.pclass"); } else if( is_readable("$filename.pinterface") ) { include_once("$filename.pinterface"); } else if( is_readable("$filename.ptrait") ) { include_once("$filename.ptrait"); } }); This will make zero difference if all your files are classes (type doesn't mean anything, but its about 20-30% more efficient when you start including interfaces and traits, because there are now less stat calls being done on the filesystem. This code allows for only one stat needed per call, instead of 1-3. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-06-24 07:28:02] jwalton at m3hc dot com Added a patch, where autoloading will pass along the type its looking for. Should be fixed to have constants, and a fix of err_012.phpt test should be fixed. Quick and dirty though, and I'll clean it up if someone wants it. function __AUTOLOAD($typename, $type) { } or you can use spl as well spl_autoload_register(); $type = 0, Class $type = 1, Interface $type = 2, Trait class Test extends Test2 {}; $type = 0 for loading Test2 class Test implements Test2 {}; $type = 1 for loading Test2 class Test { use Test2; }; $type = 2 for loading Test2 class_exists("A"); $type = 0 for loading A interface_exists("A"); $type = 1 for loading A trait_exists("A"); $type = 2 for loading A This patch is for php-5.5.0 release. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-06-24 07:22:18] jwalton at m3hc dot com Actually, the ambiguous ones (i.e. is_a) do not call the autoload. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-26 22:04:42] phristen at yahoo dot com Ok, my point is still valid though. Imagine I used is_a($a, "A", true) instead. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-26 03:42:08] phpmpan at mpan dot pl `instanceof` operator does not trigget class loading: ----------------------------------------- class X {} function __autoload($name) { echo "Loading $name...\n"; } $x = new X(); if ($x instanceof X) { echo 'x is X'; } if ($x instanceof NonExistingClass) { echo 'blarg'; } ----------------------------------------- The same applies to argument types. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-25 17:10:13] phristen at yahoo dot com This would certainly be a nice feature. However, keep in mind that it is not always possible to tell whether something is a class or an interface. For example, when doing something like this, we can't tell whether 'A' is an interface or a class: if ($a instanceof A) { } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61265 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61265&edit=1