Function recursively includes all the files in the specified directory $dir and skips the ones in $skipFiles array

file_auto_loader.php

<?php 

/**
 * It recursively includes all the files in the specified directory $dir and skips the ones in $skipFiles array
 * Usage:
 * include_files(dirname(__FILE__)."/models", $skipFiles);
 * 
 * @return void
 * @author Mohsin Rasool
 * 
 **/

function include_files($dir, $skipFiles = array('.','..')) {


	$iterator = new DirectoryIterator($dir);
	foreach ($iterator as $fileinfo) {

		if(in_array($fileinfo->getFilename(),$skipFiles))
			continue;

		if( $fileinfo->isFile()) {
			require( $fileinfo->getPath().'/'.$fileinfo->getFilename() );
		}
		else if($fileinfo->isDir()) {
			include_files($fileinfo->getPath().'/'.$fileinfo->getFilename());
		}

	}
}

$skipFiles = array('.','..','model.php','db.php');
// include all the files from models directory
include_files(dirname(__FILE__)."/models", $skipFiles);


?>