Re: [PHP] When to use namespaces

At 5:14 PM +0100 3/1/10, Auke van Slooten wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I'm doing a small hobby project to better my understanding of php5, 
>specifically php5.3 and I'm wondering when a namespaced project is 
>better and when it is better to simply use a prefix to all class 
>names.
>
>I've been trying to get a feeling for what is considered the best 
>practice, but most of the pages dealing with namespaces start with 
>the assumption that you are building a complex application with lots 
>of modules and say things like:
>
>Namespaces should be all lowercase and must follow the following conention:
>    <vendor>\<package_name>\
>
>(thats from the php.standards mailing list btw)
>
>In my case the project is a single module, single php file, with 
>about 6 classes. It is an OO wrapper for PHP's xmlrpc methods 
>(client and server) and meant to be used in a number of different 
>projects.
>
>Is it considered a good idea to use a namespace in such a case? And 
>if so, what should that be? I've named the project 'ripcord', and 
>used that as a namespace as well. I could probably name it 
>'muze.ripcord', but somehow that feels less 'open' to me.
>
>Thanks in advance for any thoughts,
>Auke van Slooten
>Muze (www.muze.nl)


Tie it to your url, such as:

ripcord.muze.nl

That would be sufficient and unique as a namespace under your control.

Cheers,

tedd


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