Examples of Autoloading Objects in PHP.

[duckxtales]

I'm a bit confused with autoloading objects.

This is only for PHP5, correct?

All autoloading functions start with "__" correct?

And can someone give me a easy to understand example of an autoloading object? I googled, but I still have questions about it.

[eelixduppy]

This is only for PHP5, correct?

Yes.

Here's an example, taken from the documentation [us3.php.net]:

<?php
#this autoload function gets called if the script cannot find the class definition
function __autoload($class_name) {
  require_once $class_name . '.php'; #includes the class
}
$obj = new MyClass1();
$obj2 = new MyClass2();
?> 

[duckxtales]

the question is does any function just run automatically when it has __ in front of the function name when the class is declared?

[eelixduppy]

I'm pretty sure only

__autoload

will work, and no other function (unless you call that function within the autoload one).