Re: [PHP-DEV] [Pre-RFC][Discussion] Native Engine-Level PSR-4 Autoloader

[email protected] (fennic log) Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:54:57 +0100
Newsgroups php.internals
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> I implemented a PECL extension doing pretty much this in
> https://github.com/
> pprkut/autoload-psr <https://github.com/pprkut/autoload-psr>, minus the
> complimenting functions.
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> I can't speak for performance benefits as I didn't do any benchmarks, I
> don't
> think they'd be very noticeable though. My primary motivation for writing
> it
> was to have an autoloader available from script start. The extension
> supports
> PSR-0 as well, which fits even better (IMHO) with that workflow since it
> means
> truly zero setup compared to PSR-4.
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Thanks for pointing this out to me, I'll check it out.