PHP7.4 deprecation warning fixes

Author: ben-xo

README.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dir2cast by Ben XO v1.15 (2019-12-15)
+dir2cast by Ben XO v1.16 (2019-12-15)
 ================================================================================
 
 https://github.com/ben-xo/dir2cast/
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 HISTORY
 ================================================================================
 
+1.15 2019-12-16 Other fixes for PHP7.x
 1.15 2019-12-15 Upgrade getID3 to 1.9.18-201911300717 - fixes PHP7.4 support
 1.14 2019-12-12 Support for mp4 videos
 1.13 2019-12-11 Suppress deprecation warnings, as both dir2cast and getID3

dir2cast.php

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 /* DEFAULTS *********************************************/
 
 // error handler needs these, so let's set them now.
-define('VERSION', '1.15');
+define('VERSION', '1.16');
 define('DIR2CAST_HOMEPAGE', 'https://github.com/ben-xo/dir2cast/');
 define('GENERATOR', 'dir2cast ' . VERSION . ' by Ben XO (' . DIR2CAST_HOMEPAGE . ')');
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
 /* EXTERNALS ********************************************/
 
-function __autoload($class_name) 
+function __autoloader($class_name)
 {
 	switch(strtolower($class_name))
 	{
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ function __autoload($class_name)
 			require_once $class_name . '.php';
 	}
 }
+spl_autoload_register('__autoloader');
 
 /* CLASSES **********************************************/
 
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ abstract class GetterSetter {
 	public function __call($method, $params)
 	{
 		$var_name = substr($method, 3);
-		$var_name{0} = strtolower($var_name{0});
+		$var_name[0] = strtolower($var_name[0]);
 		switch(strtolower(substr($method, 0, 3)))
 		{
 			case 'get':