Question

I’m trying to use spl_autoload_register to use an instantiated object as the autoloader. Is it possible? I have seen in a couple of places where people have used a classes static function as the autoloader, but not an object.

Example:

class loadFile{
    function loadObject($object){
    //load object here
    }
}
$loadmefiles = new loadFile();
//use $loadmefiles->loadObject() as autoloader
spl_autoload_register();
$goat = new Animal('goat');

Hopefully you understand what I am getting at.

Answer 1

This is done by passing an array to spl_autoload_register: the first element being the object, the second being the name of the method as a string:

spl_autoload_register(array($loadmefiles, 'loadObject'));

From the callable documentation:

A method of an instantiated object is passed as an array containing an object at index 0 and the method name at index 1.