Convert require_once use to class autoloading spl_autoload_*

[Apogate]

I am unsure if this would be less efficient than what we have now since we load classes on a need basis, but I've been reading require_once is allegedly slower in comparison, especially with a larger number of requests.

I know Saguaro already iterates over an array to check what to include with the current setup, I am just unsure whether or not this would be more efficient. caring about muh performance starts today

27 requires currently in the repo

http://php.net/manual/en/function.spl-autoload-register.php http://php.net/manual/en/function.spl-autoload.php

Pros:

• Supposed performance increases.
• ? Cons:
• More lines to imgboard.php.
• ?

[RePod]

• This is for PHP 5.1.2 or higher, we'd have to drop PHP 4 support.
  • I also wouldn't recommend magically maintaining legacy support either.
  • If we drop PHP 4, should also convert the SQL backend to MySQLi. (fortunately 99% done)
• There's very little to notice speed improvements except from Log and SaguaroQL classes.
  • Auto-loading everything will increase memory footprint that we might not even need.

I'm fine with it, just my literal two cents.

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There also seems to be something about lower casing class names? I don't know if this is referring to the included file or the literal class name after it's loaded.

According to the comments, it's just for the file paths and names. Not a huge problem.

Also there seems to be a few issues with autoloading and some other kind of cache which may or may not be available in every environment.

[Apogate]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6437134/autoload-vs-include-family

Looks like this may not be all that useful to us after all, I'll keep looking into it.

[Apogate]

how foolish i was