Index: t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php
===================================================================
--- t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php	(revision 7711)
+++ t3lib/class.t3lib_div.php	(working copy)
@@ -3625,7 +3625,7 @@
 			} else {
 			$tabHeader = 'Debug';
 			}
-			
+
 			if (is_object($var)) {
 				$debug = str_replace(
 					array('"', '/', '<', "\n", "\r"),
@@ -5008,9 +5008,10 @@
 
 			// Check file-reference prefix; if found, require_once() the file (should be library of code)
 		if (strpos($funcName,':') !== false)	{
-			list($file,$funcRef) = self::revExplode(':',$funcName,2);
-			$requireFile = self::getFileAbsFileName($file);
-			if ($requireFile) self::requireOnce($requireFile);
+			list($file, $funcRef) = self::getFileNameAndClassNameFromString($funcName);
+			if ($file) {
+				self::requireOnce($file);
+			}
 		} else {
 			$funcRef = $funcName;
 		}
@@ -5118,10 +5119,11 @@
 		} else {
 
 				// Check file-reference prefix; if found, require_once() the file (should be library of code)
-			if (strpos($classRef,':') !== false)	{
-				list($file,$class) = self::revExplode(':',$classRef,2);
-				$requireFile = self::getFileAbsFileName($file);
-				if ($requireFile)	self::requireOnce($requireFile);
+			if (strpos($classRef, ':') !== FALSE)	{
+				list($file, $class) = self::getFileNameAndClassNameFromString($classRef);
+				if ($file) {
+					self::requireOnce($file);
+				}
 			} else {
 				$class = $classRef;
 			}
@@ -5176,6 +5178,14 @@
 			// Get final classname
 		$className = self::getClassName($className);
 
+				// Check file-reference prefix; if found, require_once() the file (should be library of code)
+		if (strpos($className, ':') !== FALSE) {
+			list($file, $className) = self::getFileNameAndClassNameFromString($className);
+			if ($file) {
+				self::requireOnce($file);
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (isset($instances[$className])) {
 				// it's a singleton, get the existing instance
 			$instance = $instances[$className];
@@ -5228,6 +5238,19 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Returns the file and class name from a string with syntax EXT:extkexy/path_to_file:classname
+	 * class-extension API.
+	 *
+	 * @param	string		Definition of class with extkey, classfile and classname
+	 * @return	array		array with absolute file for inclusion and the final class name to instantiate with "new [classname]"
+	 */
+	public function getFileNameAndClassNameFromString($string) {
+		list($file, $class) = self::revExplode(':', $string, 2);
+		$file = self::getFileAbsFileName($file);
+		return array($file, $class);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Find the best service and check if it works.
 	 * Returns object of the service class.
 	 *