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+<?php
+/**
+ * @author stev leibelt <artodeto@bazzline.net>
+ * @since 2014-08-13 
+ */
+
+if (function_exists('spl_autoload_register')) {
+    //own autoloader - since support is from php 5 up, no namespaces are available so back to pear style
+    function classLoader($className) {
+        $classNameAsPath = str_replace('_', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $className);
+
+        //keep the most important file path on top
+        $directories = array(
+            __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'chat' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'lib' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'class',
+            __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'source'
+        );
+        $isLoaded = false;
+        $filePath = '';
+
+        foreach ($directories as $directory) {
+            $filePath = $directory . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $classNameAsPath . '.php';
+
+            if (is_file($filePath)) {
+                require_once $filePath;
+                $isLoaded = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!$isLoaded) {
+            throw new Exception(
+                'can not load class "' . $className . '"' . PHP_EOL .
+                'last try with path "' . $filePath . '"'
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    spl_autoload_register('classLoader');
+} else {
+    throw new Exception(
+        'spl_autoload_register function is missing but needed'
+    );
+}