__autoload() is deprecated, use spl_autoload_register() instead¶
Description¶
The initial autoloader was a custom function, that was called whenever a class, interface or trait had to be loaded, but could not be found by PHP yet.
This approach was useful, but limited management operation: in particular, it was not possible to add more functions, or remove some of them. So, it was replaced with the spl_autoload_register()
function, which add a closure to a list of autoloaders.
Example¶
<?php
function __autoload() {}
?>
Solutions¶
Give another name to the
__autoload
function, and register it as autoloader with spl_autoload_register().Remove the
__autoload
function.
In more recent PHP versions, this error message is now __autoload()-is-no-longer-supported,-use-spl_autoload_register()-instead.