Calling a static method from a class in another namespace in PHP

Question

This code bellow gives me this error : Class 'MyNamespace\Database' not found. How do I reference a class that belongs to no namespace, from inside one ?

Class Database
{
    public function request()
    {
    }
}

namespace MyNamespace
{
    class MyClass
    {
        public function myFuction()
        {
            Database::request();
        }
    }
}

I believe this can be solved in C++ doing `::Database::request()`, but I tried that with no success in PHP ;) — Thomas Joulin, Jul 05 '11 at 07:10
Indeed; the solution is equivalent, but in PHP the namespace "scope resolution operator" of sorts is `\ `, not `::`. — Lightness Races in Orbit, Jul 06 '11 at 09:06

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '11 at 07:10

22

Try with

\Database::request();

Also see Namespace Basics Example 1 in the PHP Manual

answered Jul 05 '11 at 07:10

Gordon

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Wow that was fast ! Thanks, it works, and it's even uglier than its C++ counterpart :p – Thomas Joulin Jul 05 '11 at 07:12

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