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Request #29072 stack of __autoload handlers
Submitted: 2004-07-09 09:26 UTC Modified: 2005-05-02 11:47 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: jasbarne at indiana dot edu Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Feature/Change Request
PHP Version: 5.0 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2004-07-09 09:26 UTC] jasbarne at indiana dot edu
Description:
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I'm using the __autoload function to load my package's files.  However, if I use another package and that has also implemented __autoload then PHP barfs

Would it be possible to create a stack of __autoload functions?  As an alternative, perhaps we could link __autoload methods to class definitions, and then check class definitions for __autoload functions whenever a class is not found.

Reproduce code:
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<?php
// Test1.php
function __autoload() {}

?>

<?php
//Test2.php
include_once 'Test1.php';
function __autoload() {}

?>

Expected result:
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When user tries to instanciate undefined classes the engine checks all __autoload() functions to try to load the class file.

Actual result:
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Fatal error: Cannot redeclare __autoload() (previously declared in C:\Apache\Apache2\htdocs\DomTools\test.php:5) in C:\Apache\Apache2\htdocs\DomTools\autoload.php on line 7

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 [2004-07-10 14:32 UTC] helly@php.net
That occured to me also. But we cannot do anything before 5.0. Until then you probably need a master __autoload included by auto_prepend_file ini setting. This one would need to handle an array of handlers....in the other files you'd need to register your functions.
 [2005-05-02 11:47 UTC] andrey@php.net
Try ext/spl's mechanism for stacking of autoload functions. For exampel spl_autoload_register() and spl_autoload_call().
Will be available with PHP 5.1.0+
 
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