__autoload¶

__autoload() was the name of the userland function, used to load classes when they were not found yet in the current execution environment.

__autoload() was later replaced with spl_autoload_register(), which allows the composition of multiple autoloading methods.

<?php

    function __autoload($name) {
        if (file_exists(classes/$name.php)) {
            include classes/$name.php;
        }
    }

?>

Added in PHP 5.0