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Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:18:54 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Not autoloading functions
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 29/01/2017 15:37, Wes wrote:
> Curious that those who are posting here put all functions in the same file.
> So, why don't you just require_once('Namespace/functions.php') ?

By that argument, why not just require_once('Namespace/ClassName.php)? 
It turns out that many people find autoloading a much more convenient 
and manageable solution.

In particular, the standardisation of autoloading provided by PSR-0 and 
PSR-4 has been central to the success of Composer, and the ecosystem of 
reusable components that it promotes.

Autoloading functions, either one by one, or namespace by namespace, is 
a logical extension of that, with all the same benefits. Unfortunately, 
it has some unique complications due to the way PHP resolves namespaced 
vs global function names. Please have a look through the archives of the 
list if you want to know more; there's been too much discussion already 
to re-hash it all here.

Regards,

-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]