Weird PHP namespace issue

Question

I am working on a library and I have "other" libraries it uses that get included via composer. So in one of my libraries I need to use Buzz so I have

<?php

namespace mynamespace;

use Buzz\Browser,
    Buzz\Client\Client;

class Stuff
{
    public function stuff()
    {
        $stuff = new Browser(new Curl());
    }
}

Buzz is https://github.com/kriswallsmith/Buzz

But I am getting an error

Class 'mynamespace\Curl' not found

Now I don't seem to grasp why new Browser(new Curl()); is not referencing the Buzz\Browser. If I change it to new \Buzz\Browser(new Buzz\Client\Client()); it works fine. I checked composer, it is all fine and including stuff correctly.

chrisguitarguy · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-27 19:53:51Z

1

Now I don't seem to grasp why new Browser(new Curl()); is not referencing the Buzz\Browser

It is. The class Curl is not defined in your namespace, you'd need another use statement to import Buzz\Client\Curl.

<?php
namespace mynamespace;

use Buzz\Browser,
    Buzz\Client\Curl;

class Stuff
{
    public function stuff()
    {
        $stuff = new Browser(new Curl());
    }
}

Or if Curl is a class in the root namespace you can precede it with a backslash and remove the import statement.

<?php
namespace mynamespace;

use Buzz\Browser;

class Stuff
{
    public function stuff()
    {
        $stuff = new Browser(new \Curl());
    }
}

answered Oct 27, 2013 at 19:53

chrisguitarguy

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Steven Over a year ago

lol +_+ this is what I get for coding on a weekend, my brain is apparently dead. Thanks!

ErnestV · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-27 19:50:50Z

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The message doesn't say it can't find Buzz\Browser. It actually does find it. The message says it cannot find mynamespace\Curl - this is because Curl resides in the top level namespace and not in mynamespace.

Solution:

either add use Curl; to the use list, or
use the backslash when instantiating: new \Curl()

HTH

answered Oct 27, 2013 at 19:50

ErnestV

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