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Temporarily disable autoload stack

Can someone please tell me if it is possible to temporarily disable the spl_autoloader and then enable it later, and if so how? Alternatively, if that is not possible, is there a way to 'pull' the autoload stack into a temporary variable, which causes the stack to deactivate (when its empty) and then re-register everything from that variable.

Solution

  • Credit to Bart who had the solution

    you can use spl_autoload_functions to collect the functions and then unregister them with spl_autoload_unregister

    and I tested with the following which worked:

    <?php

$autoloadFuncs = spl_autoload_functions();
var_dump($autoloadFuncs);

foreach($autoloadFuncs as $unregisterFunc)
{
    spl_autoload_unregister($unregisterFunc);
}

// Code goes here that you dont want the auto loader enabled for.

foreach($autoloadFuncs as $registerFunc)
{
    spl_autoload_register($registerFunc);
}
?>