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I ran in to some problems with initializing the API from standalone PHP scripts:

PHP Fatal error:  require_once(): Failed opening required 'CRM/Core/Classloader.php'
... in /var/www/secure/sites/all/modules/civicrm/api/class.api.php on line 114


This is how I initialize the API:
require_once '/api/class.api.php' ;
$myapi = new civicrm_api3(array('conf_path'=>$my_civi_config_root'));

After debugging I suspect that the problem is related to Classloader now being initialized in civicrm.settings.php:
It seems as if Classloader is initialized twice. Right?

111:  if (isset($config) && isset($config['conf_path'])) {
112:    define('CIVICRM_SETTINGS_PATH', $config['conf_path'] . '/civicrm.settings.php');
113:    require_once CIVICRM_SETTINGS_PATH;
114:    require_once 'CRM/Core/Classloader.php';
115:    require_once 'api/api.php';
116:    require_once "api/v3/utils.php";
117:    CRM_Core_Classloader::singleton()->register();
118:    $this->cfg = CRM_Core_Config::singleton();
119:    $this->init();
120:  }
121:  else {
122:    $this->cfg = CRM_Core_Config::singleton();
123:  }

If I remove line 114, everything runs fine, but is this a healthy solution...?

This part of my solution is in standalone PHP-files that are not dependent on Drupal.
They only need access to the CiviCRM API.

Is it necessary to bootstrap Drupal in this setup?

for 4.5, we are planning on moving completely away from all standalone scripts (except cli.php?). we'll maintain the current scripts for one release.

Eliminates the bootstrapping, security and other complexities

lobo

Thanks all for your replies.

I have just realized that the actual problem is a misspelling in api/class.api.php, line 114:
114:    require_once 'CRM/Core/Classloader.php';
It should be:
114:    require_once 'CRM/Core/ClassLoader.php';

Anyway, the ClassLoader shouldn't try to load itself by the already instantiated global loader...?
It looks like everything is handled gracefully, so I'll leave it for now.

I'm looking forward to the changes in 4.5.

i made a PR and committed this for 4.4.2 since it was simple and kinda important to anyone who uses it

lobo