Question

Problem

I am using the SPL Class Loader provided by PSR Group. However, I’ve come to a chicken-egg paradox.

That is, this will autoload classes preventing explicitly including them. But I first need to include/require this class and the code for instantiating the object

$classLoader = new SplClassLoader('Doctrine\Common', '/path/to/doctrine');
$classLoader->register();

Question

What is common solution for including the autoloader code?

In the case of a front-end controller, I could add the code there. But I’m not always using the front-end controller patter. I suppose I could also use PHP’s auto_prepend_file. Interested in the communities input.

Answer 1

You explicitly require the autoloader on the bootstrap stage (the stage where the application is started up).

All subsequent functions/classes are then autoloaded.