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title: Codeception - Documentation
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## Codeception\Util\Autoload



Custom autoloader to load classes by suffixes: `Helper`, `Page`, `Step`, etc.



#### *public static* load($class) 

 * `param` $class
 * `return`  bool

[See source](https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/blob/master/src/Codeception/Util/Autoload.php#L58)

#### *public static* matches($class, $namespace, $suffix) 

*is public for testing purposes*

 * `param` $class
 * `param` $namespace
 * `param` $suffix
 * `return`  bool

[See source](https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/blob/master/src/Codeception/Util/Autoload.php#L86)


#### *public static* register($namespace, $suffix, $path) 

A very basic yet useful autoloader, not compatible with PSR-0.
It is used to autoload classes by namespaces with suffixes.

Example:

{% highlight php %}

<?php
// loads UserHelper in 'helpers/UserHelper.php'
Autoload::register('app\Codeception\Helper','Helper', __DIR__.'/helpers/');
// loads UserHelper in 'helpers/UserHelper.php'
Autoload::register('app\tests','Page', __DIR__.'/pageobjects/');
Autoload::register('app\tests','Controller', __DIR__.'/controllers/');
?>

{% endhighlight %}

 * `param` $namespace
 * `param` $suffix
 * `param` $path

[See source](https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/blob/master/src/Codeception/Util/Autoload.php#L34)

#### *public static* registerSuffix($suffix, $path) 

Shortcut for { * `link`  self::register} for classes with empty namespaces.

 * `param` $suffix
 * `param` $path

[See source](https://github.com/Codeception/Codeception/blob/master/src/Codeception/Util/Autoload.php#L49)