lancehmd
7/11/2015 - 1:18 PM

Basic PHP class autoloader that follows the WordPress coding standards for class names and class filenames

Basic PHP class autoloader that follows the WordPress coding standards for class names and class filenames

<?php

namespace Shea\Example_Plugin;

/**
 * Enable autoloading of plugin classes in namespace
 * @param $class_name
 */
function autoload( $class_name ) {

	/* Only autoload classes from this namespace */
	if ( false === strpos( $class_name, __NAMESPACE__ ) ) {
		return;
	}

	/* Remove namespace from class name */
	$class_file = str_replace( __NAMESPACE__ . '\\', '', $class_name );

	/* Convert class name format to file name format */
	$class_file = strtolower( $class_file );
	$class_file = str_replace( '_', '-', $class_file );

	/* Convert sub-namespaces into directories */
	$class_path = explode( '\\', $class_file );
	$class_file = array_pop( $class_path );
	$class_path = implode( '/', $class_path );

	/* Load the class */
	require_once __DIR__ . '/php/' . $class_path . '/class-' . $class_file . '.php';
}

spl_autoload_register( __NAMESPACE__ . '\autoload' );