PHP: Use external class in a namespace

Question

There is a class which handles the internationalization.

<?php

class Language{
    // ...
}

Now I created a renderer.php file which should handle all injections for HTML.

<?php
namespace Renderer;

include_once '../language.php';

function drawUserList(){
    // ...
    $group = Language::translate($groupName);
   // ...
}

In this file I need my Language class. But my compiler throws the following error message:

Undefined type 'Renderer\Language'.

The Language class is not part of a namespace. Why adds PHP a namespace to it? And why I am not able to use the class in my namespace function?

PHP Version 7.4.26

php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.basics.php

user8034901
– user8034901

2022-02-02 06:44:03 +00:00
Commented Feb 2, 2022 at 6:44 — user8034901
– user8034901, Commented Feb 2, 2022 at 6:44

user17871170 · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-02 06:53:22Z

2

You have to use the keywork use:

namespace Renderer;
use Language; // indicate to use \Language

include_once '../language.php';

function drawUserList(){
    // ...
    $group = Language::translate($groupName);
   // ...
}

or use $group = \Language::translate().

answered Feb 2, 2022 at 6:53

user17871170

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