note 86195 modified in language.oop5.autoload by felipe

Because static classes have no constructor I use this to initialize such classes.
The function init will (if available) be called when you first use the class.
The class must not be included before, otherwise the init-function wont be called as autoloading is not used.

<?php
function __autoload($class_name)
{
	require_once(CLASSES_PATH.$class_name.'.cls.php');
	if(method_exists($class_name,'init'))
		call_user_func(array($class_name,'init'));
	return true;
}
?>

I use it for example to establish the mysql-connection on demand.

It is also possilbe do add a destructor by adding this lines to the function:
<?php
if(method_exists($class_name,'destruct'))
	register_shutdown_function(array($class_name,'destruct'));
?>

--was--
Because static classes have no constructor I use this to initialize such classes.
The function init will (if available) be called when you first use the class.
The class must not be included before, otherwise the init-function wont be called as autoloading is not used.

<?php
function __autoload($class_name)
{
	require_once(CLASSES_PATH.$class_name.'.cls.php');
	if(method_exists($class_name,'init'))
		call_user_func(array($class_name,'init'));
	return true;
}
?>

I use it for example to establish the mysql-connection on demand.

It is also possilbe do add a destructor by adding this lines to the function:
<?php
if(method_exists($class_name,'destruct'))
	call_user_func(array($class_name,'destruct'));
?>

http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php