spl_autoload

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

spl_autoload — Default implementation for __autoload()

Description

spl_autoload(string $class, ?string $file_extensions = null): void

This function is intended to be used as a default implementation for __autoload(). If nothing else is specified and spl_autoload_register() is called without any parameters then spl_autoload() will be used for any later call to __autoload().

Parameters

class

The name of the class being instantiated. When calling the function, the name of the class with the namespace is passed to the parameter. The class will not contain the leading backslash of a fully-qualified identifier.

file_extensions

By default it checks all include_paths to contain filenames built up by the lowercase class name appended by the filename extensions .inc and .php.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws LogicException when the class is not found and there are no other autoloaders registered.

Changelog

VersionDescription
8.0.0file_extensions is now nullable.