PHP: Referencing Global Functions in Namespace

Question

I came across a weird issue that I cannot explain with namespaces. The function array() does not seem to allow a global reference using \array() in namespaces. Is this expected functionality or some kind of inconsistency in PHP?

The error that is returned is: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ARRAY, expecting T_STRING in php shell code on line 2

The follow piece of code replicates the error that is shown:

<?php
namespace Testing;

final class Test {
    private $properties = \array(
        "test" => "testing",
        "weird_functionality" => "test"
    );
}

?>

deceze · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-18 08:37:06Z

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array() is not a function, it's basically a language primitive ("language construct"). As you see, it even has its own parser token T_ARRAY.

So yes, that's expected, since it's not affected by namespacing to begin with.

answered Aug 18, 2013 at 8:37

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hek2mgl · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-18 08:37:16Z

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array() is not a function it is a language construct and cannot being namespaced.

Use this (without the \):

<?php
namespace Testing;

final class Test {
    private $properties = array(
        "test" => "testing",
        "weird_functionality" => "test"
    );
}

answered Aug 18, 2013 at 8:37

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