Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61265&edit=1
ID: 61265 User updated by: manchokapitancho at gmail 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: 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). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [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
