(PHP 5 >= 5.4.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
trait_exists — Checks if the trait exists
traitName of the trait to check
autoloadWhether to autoload if not already loaded.
<?php
trait World {
private static $instance;
protected $tmp;
public static function World()
{
self::$instance = new static();
self::$instance->tmp = get_called_class().' '.__TRAIT__;
return self::$instance;
}
}
if ( trait_exists( 'World' ) ) {
class Hello {
use World;
public function text( $str )
{
return $this->tmp.$str;
}
}
}
echo Hello::World()->text('!!!'); // Hello World!!!Traits are compatible with class autoload mechanism - in fact, if you look at source code of trait_exists function, you will find similar peace of code (see Zend/zend_builtin_functions.c)What is the default value of $autoload? And in which way traits are autoloaded? Is there something as spl_autoload() for traits?