Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This IMHO is the best way. Also the most
optimal. The reason is you may
or may not need to the class you are including at the top of your
script. It could be contingent on a condition(s)
example
include 'Some_Class.php';
if(someCondition) {
$class = new Some_Class();
} else {
}
__autoload make this more optimal by only including the classes you are
actually using.
...
>
> There is also a 3rd way... Autoloading.
> http://us2.php.net/autoload
> You can write your own custom __autoload function to require the files
> you need if a class doesn't exists. It is very similar to #2, but can
> automate it for all classes.
>
> --lonnie
>
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Good point about autoloading. After reading the PHP manual entry for
class_exists() I see that it has an optional second argument (default is TRUE)
which will cause PHP to attempt to autoload the class if it doesn't exist.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.class-exists.php
This makes me think that using class_exist() is a good way to go because
you get __autoload for free!
-Rusty
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