autoload functions in php [duplicate]

Question

Is it possible to autoload functions?

What I have is I have written functions distributed over different files named after the function name, so what I need is to autoload the file containing the function automatically. Is there any way to do this?

Answer 1

You can autoload classes, so if you make your functions static methods of classes then it will work.

abstract class Util
{
    static function doSomething() {

    }
}

Usage:

Util::doSomething();

Answer 2

Use:

include("path");

or

require_once("path");

References:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.include.php

http://php.net/manual/en/function.require-once.php