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@NogDogOct 23.2020 — #Usually what I do is use
But...if you have a lot of classes and dependencies, you might want to look into setting up auto-loaders.https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php is the tip of the iceberg, but if it sounds like it might be right for you, I'll let you search for better tutorials, videos, whatever. If you're careful/consistent with class and file naming, you just need some main start-up file that defines your autoload function(s), and the loading just happens.@NogDogOct 23.2020 — #@kiwis80#1624528
It will depend on how your app is constructed, I guess. The PHP app I work on at my job has every endpoint come in through a man "controller" file, and that file defines a constant like
Alternatively, again depending on your config, you might be able to user
Loading Classs Error
I was going to load all my classes via a php script to save adding new classes as I create them. Using the code below.
The issue is I have a class apples.php for example, which is loaded before database.php due to the alphabetical order pages are found in.
apples.php is extended database.php so therefore I get this error
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class ‘dbh’ not found in
Other than renaming database.php a_database.php or something similar what else can I do?
Surely this is a common issue?
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foreach (glob(“../classes/*.php”) as $filename){
require_once $filename;
}
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@NogDogOct 23.2020 — #Usually what I do is use require_once()_once<i>
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require_once './some_class.php;
class Foo extends SomeClass {
}
But...if you have a lot of classes and dependencies, you might want to look into setting up auto-loaders.
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@NogDogOct 23.2020 — #It will depend on how your app is constructed, I guess. The PHP app I work on at my job has every endpoint come in through a man "controller" file, and that file defines a constant like
APP_ROOT<i>
</i>require_once APP_ROOT.'/models/foo.php';
Alternatively, again depending on your config, you might be able to user
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']