PHP class not found when using name spacing

Question

I am trying to load my class through namespacing but Im struggling to find the right configuration and I keep getting a class not found error.

Here is the psr-4 property in my composer.json

"psr-4": {
    "Namespaceone\\": [
        "src/core/Modules/Moduleone",
        "src/core/Modules/Moduletwo",
    ],
    "Volvo\\": [
        "src/programme/volvo/",
        "src/programme/volvo/volvoxc"
    ]
}

Here is the file structure of src/programme/volvo:

- init.php  //Contains new Volvo()
- Volvo.php //Class Volvo
- volvoxc/
  - Volvoxc.php //Class Volvoxc extends Volvo

The files and classes:

init.php

$volvo = new Volvo(); //This returns all the properties from Volvo()

Volvo.php

namespace Volvo;
use Volvoxc;
class Volvo {
  $volvoxc = new Volvoxc();
}

Volvoxc.php //This class can not be found

namespace Volvo;
class Volvoxc extends Volvo {}

Class Volvoxc needs the namespace Volvo\Volvoxc. But make the directory uppercase Volvoxc instead of volvoxc and remove "src/programme/volvo/volvoxc" from the second definition. — 1stthomas
– 1stthomas, Commented May 16 at 7:56

Marcel · Accepted Answer · 2025-05-17 11:22:06Z

2

The PSR-4 notation in your composer.json file looks slightly complicated on the first view. It would be easier with single entries for every namespace to use.

As @Álvaro-gonzáles stated out in the comments, it is allowed to provide a list of directories for one same prefix, as stated out in the composer docs. Although it is possible this example relies on single entries in the composer PSR-4 config.

"psr-4": {
    "NamespaceOne\\ModuleOne\\": "src/core/Modules/ModuleOne/",
    "NamespaceOne\\ModuleTwo\\": "src/core/Modules/ModuleTwo/",
    "Volvo\\": "src/programme/Volvo/"
}

You define these three sources and therefore you can slightly adjust your namespaces.

<?php

// src: src/programme/Volvo/VolvoXC/Volvo.php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Volvo\VolvoXC;

use Volvo\Volvo as BaseVolvo;

final class Volvo extends BaseVolvo
{
}

The Volvo namespace is defined once and everything in this namespace and its subfolders will be found automatically through PSR-4 autoloading.

edited May 17 at 11:22

answered May 16 at 8:13

Marcel

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Álvaro González May 16 at 10:21

You're in fact allowed to provide a list of directories for one same prefix: getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#psr-4

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