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The ClassLoader Component

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The ClassLoader Component
- Usage
- Installation

The ClassLoader Component¶

The ClassLoader component provides tools to autoload your classes and cache their locations for performance.

Usage¶

Whenever you reference a class that has not been required or included yet, PHP uses the autoloading mechanism to delegate the loading of a file defining the class. Symfony provides three autoloaders, which are able to load your classes:

The PSR-0 Class Loader: loads classes that follow the PSR-0 class naming standard;
The PSR-4 Class Loader: loads classes that follow the PSR-4 class naming standard;
MapClassLoader: loads classes using a static map from class name to file path.

Additionally, the Symfony ClassLoader component ships with a set of wrapper classes which can be used to add additional functionality on top of existing autoloaders:

Installation¶

You can install the component in 2 different ways:

Install it via Composer (symfony/class-loader on Packagist);
Use the official Git repository (https://github.com/symfony/ClassLoader).

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