gistfile1.php

<?php
    /**
     * Used to autoload aether classes
     *
     * @access public
     * @return bool
     */
    public static function autoLoad($class) {
        if (class_exists($class, false))
            return true;

        // Split up the name of the class by camel case (AetherDriver
        $matches = preg_split('/([A-Z][^A-Z]+)/', $class, -1,
                              PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY | PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
        // We should only autoload aether classes
        if (empty($matches) || $matches[0] != 'Aether')
            return false;

        // Find the class location
        switch ($matches[1]) {
        case 'Module':
            break;
        case 'Section':
            break;
        case 'Database':
            $path = AETHER_PATH . 'lib/';
            break;
        case 'ORM':
            $path = AETHER_PATH . 'lib/ORM';
            break;
        case 'Driver':
            $path = AETHER_PATH . 'lib/drivers';
            break;
        default:
            $path = AETHER_PATH . 'lib/';
            break;
        }


        $i = 0;
        foreach ($matches as $match) {
            // Turn the rest of the array into a string that can be used as a filename
            $filenameArray = array_slice($matches, $i);
            $filename = implode('', $filenameArray);

            // Check if there is a file with this name.
            // Files have precendence over folders
            $filename = $path . $filename . '.php';
            if (file_exists($filename)) {
                $filePath = $filename;
                break;
            }

            // If there is a directory with this name add it to the dir path
            $match = strtolower($match);
            if (file_exists($path . $match))
                $path = $path . $match . '/';
            else
                break;

            $i++;
        }

        if (isset($filePath) && !empty($filePath)) {
            require $filePath;
            return true;
        }
        
        return false;
    }