[fw-general] Overriding Zend_Loader::loadClass()

[Jack Sleight]

Hi,
I'm now using my own "loader" class for including class files in my 
application (instead of Zend_Loader), and would ideally like all classes 
to be loaded through it. It successfully works with any 
require/include(_once) calls and "class ... extends/implements ..." 
statements in ZF (due to the autoloader), however as a number of ZF 
component call Zend_Loader::loadClass directly, I have no way to have my 
loader load these classes.

I tried defining my own Zend_Loader class, to override the default, 
however as I want the ZF library path at the beginning of my include 
path, subsequent calls to require_once "Zend/Loader.php" in some ZF 
files cause a fatal error. This is because even though it's 
require_*once*, as there is a new path to the file, it tries to 
re-include it, and causes a class already defined error.

Are there any plans to make it possible to use your own class loader, 
perhaps a setting in Zend_Loader that'll allow you to specify an 
alternative loadClass method?
Thanks,
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Jack