Symfony DOMPDF and namespaces

Question

I'm trying to use the DOMPDF library with the Symfony framework. I put the necessary file to include in autoload.php. When I try to use it inside an action in a controller I get the following error:

Fatal error: Class 'MyProject\ClientBundle\Controller\DOMPDF' not found in /var/www.....

I uses namespaces, this is my first line in my controller file:

namespace MyProject\ClientBundle\Controller;

The DOMPDF library doesn't use namespaces. How could I make it work?

you can also use: https://github.com/SlikNL/DompdfBundle – user1452962 Mar 09 '13 at 15:43 — user1452962, Mar 09 '13 at 15:43

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '13 at 19:41

If you are using namespaces and your library doesn't, that means that DOMPDF is avaliable in the global namespace environment. When you call some class from a some namespace, PHP uses relative namespace path by default. If you want to get access to the global namespace you should add a backslash at the start of the class namespace you are calling, e.g. use \DOMPDF. That means you are using absolute path to a namespace.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '13 at 19:33

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Simply put a backslash in front of the classname.

answered Mar 08 '13 at 19:33

Pierre

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