as noted by guilhermeblanco at php dot net,
<?php
// fact.php
namespace foo;
class fact {
public function create($class) {
return new $class();
}
}
?>
<?php
// bar.php
namespace foo;
class bar {
...
}
?>
<?php
// index.php
namespace foo;
include('fact.php');
$foofact = new fact();
$bar = $foofact->create('bar'); // attempts to create \bar
// even though foofact and
// bar reside in \foo
?>
namespace keyword and __NAMESPACE__ constant
Using namespaces: Basics
Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Using namespaces: Basics
Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Namespaces and dynamic language features
PHP's implementation of namespaces is influenced by its dynamic nature as a programming language. Thus, to convert code like the following example into namespaced code:
Example #1 Dynamically accessing elements
example1.php:
<?php
class classname
{
function __construct()
{
echo __METHOD__,"\n";
}
}
function funcname()
{
echo __FUNCTION__,"\n";
}
const constname = "global";
$a = 'classname';
$obj = new $a; // prints classname::__construct
$b = 'funcname';
$b(); // prints funcname
echo constant('constname'), "\n"; // prints global
?>
One must use the fully qualified name (class name with namespace prefix). Note that because there is no difference between a qualified and a fully qualified Name inside a dynamic class name, function name, or constant name, the leading backslash is not necessary.
Example #2 Dynamically accessing namespaced elements
<?php
namespace namespacename;
class classname
{
function __construct()
{
echo __METHOD__,"\n";
}
}
function funcname()
{
echo __FUNCTION__,"\n";
}
const constname = "namespaced";
include 'example1.php';
$a = 'classname';
$obj = new $a; // prints classname::__construct
$b = 'funcname';
$b(); // prints funcname
echo constant('constname'), "\n"; // prints global
/* note that if using double quotes, "\\namespacename\\classname" must be used */
$a = '\namespacename\classname';
$obj = new $a; // prints namespacename\classname::__construct
$a = 'namespacename\classname';
$obj = new $a; // also prints namespacename\classname::__construct
$b = 'namespacename\funcname';
$b(); // prints namespacename\funcname
$b = '\namespacename\funcname';
$b(); // also prints namespacename\funcname
echo constant('\namespacename\constname'), "\n"; // prints namespaced
echo constant('namespacename\constname'), "\n"; // also prints namespaced
?>
Be sure to read the note about escaping namespace names in strings.
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User Contributed NotesNamespaces and dynamic language features
scott at intothewild dot ca
07-Aug-2009 08:33
07-Aug-2009 08:33
guilhermeblanco at php dot net
16-Jun-2009 05:04
16-Jun-2009 05:04
Please be aware of FQCN (Full Qualified Class Name) point.
Many people will have troubles with this:
<?php
// File1.php
namespace foo;
class Bar { ... }
function factory($class) {
return new $class;
}
// File2.php
$bar = foofactory('Bar'); // Will try to instantiate \Bar, not \foo\Bar
?>
To fix that, and also incorporate a 2 step namespace resolution, you can check for \ as first char of $class, and if not present, build manually the FQCN:
<?php
// File1.php
namespace foo;
function factory($class) {
if ($class[0] != '\\') {
echo '->';
$class = '\\' . __NAMESPACE__ . '\\' . $class;
}
return new $class();
}
// File2.php
$bar = foofactory('Bar'); // Will correctly instantiate \foo\Bar
$bar2 = foofactory('\anotherfoo\Bar'); // Wil correctly instantiate \anotherfoo\Bar
?>
namespace keyword and __NAMESPACE__ constant
Using namespaces: Basics
Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009
Using namespaces: Basics
Last updated: Fri, 20 Nov 2009