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An important new feature of PHP 5.3 is namespace. The content of the official release may be out of date (documentation maybe out dated), so here is a brief explanation of the usage of namespace: First, declare a namespace and add the new keyword namespace, which should be in the class Beginning of file
$user = new Project::Module::User();$user->register($register_info); is indeed the same as usual, but we can connect two independent classes. For example Project::Module::User;Project::Module::Blog; This makes it easier to describe and understand the relationship between variables and classes from the language itself, thus avoiding the lengthy "traditional" Project_Module_Blog Naming method. The above description may be difficult to explain the benefits of using namespaces. The newly added use and as keywords may explain the problem better. Use and as statements can reference and declare namespace "aliases". For example, the code for instantiating the class in the above controller can be written like this use Project::Module;$user = new Module::User();$user->register($register_info); or even use Project::Module::User as ModuleUser;$user = new ModuleUser;$user->register($register_info);Constants in the class can also be accessed through the namespace, such as STATUS_OK in the above class. via namespace Project::Module::User::STATUS_OK access. Furthermore, you can also use aliases to simplify such long "variable names" use Project::Module::User::STATUS_OK as STATUS_OK;echo STATUS_OK;By the way, mention the concept of "The Global Namespace". The so-called "hyperspace" refers to variables, classes and functions that do not have a designated namespace. For example function foo() {...} can be executed using foo() or ::foo();. Finally, use the autoload function to load the class in the specified namespace. The simple function is as follows function __autoload( $classname ) {$classname = strtolower( $classname );$classname = str_replace( ::, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $classname );require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . / . $classname . .class.php ) ;}In this way, for example, calling __autoload(Project::Module::User); can automatically load the Project_Module_User.class.php file (although this seems inconvenient).
This feature was proposed in PHP5.0x, but was later canceled and scheduled to be implemented in PHP6. And this time, PHP5.3 was released "ahead of schedule" again, which shows that developers attach great importance to it and are cautious.