spl_autoload_unregister
If you want to make the best use out of autoload with an APC cache don't use spl_autoload. It uses relative paths and thus will perform a stat even with apc.stat=0 (either that, or it doesn't work at all).
Instead make a custom function and use require/include with an absolute path (register it with spl_autoload_register).
Do NOT use *_once functions or a relative path. This will fail harder than spl_autoload.
Also avoid using file_exists and is_file. This will also perform a stat.
Why are stats bad? Because they access the file system. PHP does have a stat cache that helps, but it defeats the purpose of apc.stat = 0.
It's also good to keep in mind that it's good to keep your custom autoload function simple. This is my Loader class:
<?php
class Loader
{
public static function registerAutoload()
{
return spl_autoload_register(array(__CLASS__, 'includeClass'));
}
public static function unregisterAutoload()
{
return spl_autoload_unregister(array(__CLASS__, 'includeClass'));
}
public static function includeClass($class)
{
require(PATH . '/' . strtr($class, '_\\', '//') . '.php');
}
}
?>
Also want to point out that APC does an optimization with require/include (not *_once) with relative paths if require/include is done in the global scope (and isn't conditional). So it would be a good idea to explicitly include files you know you're going to use on every request (but don't use *_once). You could, for example, add a "registerProfiledAutoload" to the above class and keep track of what you're including to help you determine what you could explicitly include (during development, not production). The key is try not to make heavy use out of autoload.
If you must use relative paths and don't care about having to lower-case your file-names then spl_autoload works great.
spl_autoload
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2)
spl_autoload — Default implementation for __autoload()
Description
void spl_autoload
( string
$class_name
[, string $file_extensions = spl_autoload_extensions()
] )This function is intended to be used as a default implementation for __autoload(). If nothing else is specified and spl_autoload_register() is called without any parameters then this functions will be used for any later call to __autoload().
Parameters
-
class_name -
The lowercased name of the class (and namespace) being instantiated.
-
file_extensions -
By default it checks all include paths to contain filenames built up by the lowercase class name appended by the filename extensions .inc and .php.
Return Values
No value is returned.
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User Contributed Notes
spl_autoload
Luke Scott
19-Apr-2011 07:03
daniel
05-Jul-2010 07:58
Note this function will LOWERCASE the class names its looking for, dont be confused when it cant find Foo_Bar.php
also, unlike most other autoloader code snippets, this function DOES NOT translate underscores to slashes.
class Foo_Bar {}
will load foo_bar.php and will not try to load foo/bar.php
You can get around this with
spl_autoload_register(function($class) { return spl_autoload(str_replace('_', '/', $class));});
simast at gmail dot com
07-Aug-2009 10:22
Note, that the default autoload implementation is written in C land and is always slightly faster then your native PHP one.
Here is a trick to use default implementation with any configuration:
<?php
// Your custom class dir
define('CLASS_DIR', 'class/')
// Add your class dir to include path
set_include_path(get_include_path().PATH_SEPARATOR.CLASS_DIR);
// You can use this trick to make autoloader look for commonly used "My.class.php" type filenames
spl_autoload_extensions('.class.php');
// Use default autoload implementation
spl_autoload_register();
?>
This also works with namespaces out of the box. So you can write code like "use My\Name\Object" and it will map to "class/My/Name/Object.class.php" file path!
safak_ozpinar at NOSPAM dot yahoo dot com
25-Sep-2007 07:17
Note that, the orders of file extensions is important for performance. You should make the priority of your favourite file extension higest or use only one extension for your class files. Check out this example:
Some class files:
ClassA.php
<?php class ClassA { var $val = 'Hello from class "ClassA"'; } ?>
ClassB.php
<?php class ClassB { var $val = 'Hello from class "ClassB"'; } ?>
ClassC.php
<?php class ClassC { var $val = 'Hello from class "ClassC"'; } ?>
ClassD.php
<?php class ClassD { var $val = 'Hello from class "ClassD"'; } ?>
ClassE.php
<?php class ClassE { var $val = 'Hello from class "ClassE"'; } ?>
1. Simple:
<?php
// default priority: .inc .php
for($n=65; $n<70; $n++) {
$className = 'Class'.chr($n);
spl_autoload($className);
$ins = new $className;
echo $ins->val.'<br>';
}
// 4.2 miliseconds
?>
2. Change priority:
<?php
spl_autoload_extensions('.php,.inc');
// new priority: .php .inc
for($n=65; $n<70; $n++) {
$className = 'Class'.chr($n);
spl_autoload($className);
$ins = new $className;
echo $ins->val.'<br>';
}
// 1.4 miliseconds
?>
Or you can use this simple function that runs a bit faster for the extensions with lower priority :)
<?php
function my_autoload($className, $extList='.inc,.php') {
$ext = explode(',',$extList);
foreach($ext as $x) {
$fname = $className.$x;
if(@file_exists($fname)) {
require_once($fname);
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
for($n=65; $n<70; $n++) {
$className = 'Class'.chr($n);
my_autoload($className);
$ins = new $className;
echo $ins->val.'<br>';
}
// 2.6 miliseconds
?>
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Safak Ozpinar - Istanbul University, Computer Engineering