{"id":18823,"date":"2015-12-12T02:01:50","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T16:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=18823"},"modified":"2015-12-12T07:17:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T21:17:19","slug":"php-namespace-primer-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/php-namespace-primer-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP Namespace Primer Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PHP Namespace Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

The concept of a namespace<\/i> exists in several computer languages, but of those, today we start on a discussion of its encapsulation<\/i><\/a> role with PHP.<\/p>\n

A great source of information for information about PHP namespaces is this great link<\/a> from the “home of PHP” … we always find.<\/p>\n

Being as you can do without “namespaces” programming with PHP, let’s hone in on a couple of reasons you may want to make use of them (even so), taken from that aforesaid mentioned link …<\/p>\n

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  1. Name collisions between code you create, and internal PHP classes\/functions\/constants or third-party classes\/functions\/constants.<\/li>\n
  2. Ability to alias (or shorten) Extra_Long_Names designed to alleviate the first problem, improving readability of source code. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    From that same link we modify some of its code to show you some concepts regarding this, having a named “namespace” section code establish its own “strlen($strvar)” function (negating the “\\strlen($strvar)” call result).<\/p>\n

    We have this named “namespace” code set up its own MYCONST<\/i> constant, and you can see how this works as well.<\/p>\n

    We don’t use it here, but also, in relation to named “namespace” code, you will want to research from the “home of PHP” the aliasing use of the PHP use<\/i><\/a> keyword.<\/p>\n

    For today’s PHP code live run<\/a> we have PHP code you could call mynamespace.php<\/a> for your perusal. We hope it helps.<\/p>\n

    If this was interesting you may be interested in this<\/a> too.<\/p>\n