Question

I have a class called myClass in /myDir/myClass.php. When user types url:

http://mysite.com/myDir/myClass.php,  

I want to automatically create an instance of myClass. What technique can I use to do this? the idea is to use myDir directory as top level of programs that user can call directly, but I don’t want to add instance_of_myClass = new myClass(); because then I won’t be able to extend the class. Does this make sense?

class myClass
{    
  __construct()
  {
     echo "hello World";
     $this->myClass_report();
  }
  myClass_report()
  {
      // some code here
  }


}   

Answer 1

.htaccess:

#if You have access, omit RewriteBase and put the rule in http.conf,
#with a / in the beginning of the pattern.
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond $0 !=index.php
RewriteRule .* index.php?path=$0 [QSA,B]

index.php

//check if the file exists and it's allowed
if (!check_if_allowed_path(realpath($_GET['path']))) {
    //access denied; check e.g. against the document root or
    //something more complex
}
//or use autoload instead
include $_GET['path'];
$classname = basename($_GET['path'], '.php');
$instance = new $classname();