Auto include/require all files under all directories - php

Question

I would like to automatically include/require all .php files under all directories. For example:
(Directory structure)
-[ classes
--[ loader (directory)
---[ plugin.class.php
--[ main.class.php
--[ database.class.php
I need a function that automatically loads all files that end in .php
I have tried all-sorts:
$scan = scandir('classes/');
foreach ($scan as $class) {
if (strpos($class, '.class.php') !== false) {
include($scan . $class);
}
}

Answer 1

Well, if you want to include all php files with a certain ending even in subdirectories, you have to make a recursive function. Something like this:
function load_classphp($directory) {
if(is_dir($directory)) {
$scan = scandir($directory);
unset($scan[0], $scan[1]); //unset . and ..
foreach($scan as $file) {
if(is_dir($directory."/".$file)) {
load_classphp($directory."/".$file);
} else {
if(strpos($file, '.class.php') !== false) {
include_once($directory."/".$file);
}
}
}
}
}
load_classphp('./classes');

Answer 2

This is probably the simplest way to recursively find patterned files:
$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator('classes/');
$iter = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($dir);
$files = new RegexIterator($iter, '/^.+\.class\.php$/', RecursiveRegexIterator::GET_MATCH); // an Iterator, not an array
foreach ( $files as $file ) {
include $file; // $file includes `classes/`
}
RecursiveDirectoryIterator is a tricky beast, so learning all about it is probably not doable. The interwebs has many specific examples though. The trick is to search for it.

Answer 3

If the php files you want to include are PHP classes, then you should use PHP Autoloader
It's not a safe practice to include all php files in all directories automatically. Performance might be degraded if you're including unnecessary files.
Here's the code that should work (I have not tested it):
$scan = scandir('classes/');
foreach ($scan as $class) {
if (strpos($class, '.class.php') !== false) {
include('classes/' . $class);
}
}
If you want recursive include RecursiveIteratorIterator will help you.

Answer 4

$dir = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator('change this to your custom root directory');
foreach (new RecursiveIteratorIterator($dir) as $file) {
if (!is_dir($file)) {
if( fnmatch('*.php', $file) ) // you can change the file extension to any that you require.
/* do anything here */
}
}

Answer 5

function autoload( $path ) {
$items = glob( $path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "*" );
foreach( $items as $item ) {
$isPhp = pathinfo( $item )["extension"] === "php";
if ( is_file( $item ) && $isPhp ) {
require_once $item;
} elseif ( is_dir( $item ) ) {
autoload( $item );
}
}
}
autoload( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "classes" );

Answer 6

An easy way : a simple function using RecursiveDirectoryIterator instead of glob().
function include_dir_r( $dir_path ) {
$path = realpath( $dir_path );
$objects = new \RecursiveIteratorIterator( new \RecursiveDirectoryIterator( $path ), \RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST );
foreach( $objects as $name => $object ) {
if( $object->getFilename() !== "." && $object->getFilename() !== ".." ) {
if( !is_dir( $name ) ){
include_once $name;
}
}
}
}

Answer 7

One that I use is
function fileLoader($dir) {
$files = scandir($dir);
foreach ($files as $file) {
if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') {
continue;
}
$path = $dir . '/' . $file;
if (is_dir($path)) {
__DIR__.$path;
} else {
require_once $path;
}
}
}
# calling the function
fileLoader('mydirectory')