[PHP-DEV] class_exists and __autoload

2005-06-28 Thread James Crumpton
I opened a bug (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33459) to report an issue with the default behavior of class_exists calling __autoload in PHP5. The bug was marked as bogus, and basically stated that it's PEARs problem. After responding, the bug can now longer be searched for. I believe this still

Re: [PHP-DEV] class_exists and __autoload

2005-06-28 Thread Johannes Schlueter
Hi James, On Tuesday 28 June 2005 23:32, James Crumpton wrote: function __autoload($name) { require_once($name); } I just don't understand the logic behind throwing a fatal error when I'm writing code to try and prevent one from occurring. You should add error checking to your

Re: [PHP-DEV] class_exists and __autoload

2005-06-28 Thread Alan Knowles
rant This yet again illustrates the sillyness of autoload, if we are going to have a feature that autoloads classes it should be explicit in it's usage: autoload(Class_Name); defaults to loading Class_Name.php ? if __autoload exists, it calls that.. adding all sorts of magic to the Class