Confused with php namespaces

Question

I've got the following structure in my app:

|
|----user folder
|        |
|        |-----Member.php
|        | 
|        |---- tests Folder
|                  |
|                  |-----Member.php

Here is my Member.php in user folder:

<?php

namespace user;

class Member
{
    private $firstName;
    private $lastName;
    private $email;
    private $password;
    private $cell;

    public function __construct()
    {

    }

    public function getFirstName()
    {
        return $this->firstName;
    }

    public function setFirstName($firstName)
    {
        $this->firstName = $firstName;
        return TRUE;
    }

    public function getLastName()
    {
        return $this->lastName;
    }

    public function setLastName($lastName)
    {
        $this->lastName = $lastName;
        return TRUE;
    }

    public function getEmail()
    {
        return $this->email;
    }

    public function setEmail($email)
    {
        $this->email = $email;
        return TRUE;
    }

    public function getPassword()
    {
        return $this->password;
    }

    public function setPassword($password)
    {
        $this->password = $password;
        return TRUE;
    }

    public function getCell()
    {
        return $this->cell;
    }

    public function setCell($cell)
    {
        $this->cell = $cell;
        return TRUE;
    }
}

And here is my Member.php in tests folder:

<?php
/*
 * Member class getters and setters tests
 */
namespace user;
use user;

$member = new Member();
$member->setFirstName("Javad");
if($member->getFirstName() == "Javad")
    echo "Test code 1 passed";
else
    echo "Test code 1 failed";

$member = new Member();
$member->setLastName("Akbari");
if($member->getLastName() == "Akbari")
    echo "Test code 2 passed";
else
    echo "Test code 2 failed";

$member = new Member();
$member->setEmail("j2omrani@gmail.com");
if($member->getEmail() == "j2omrani@gmail.com")
    echo "Test code 3 passed";
else
    echo "Test code 3 failed";

$member = new Member();
$member->setPassword("123456");
if($member->getPassword() == "123456")
    echo "Test code 4 passed";
else
    echo "Test code 4 failed";

$member = new Member();
$member->setCell("09121234567");
if($member->getCell() == "09121234567")
    echo "Test code 5 passed";
else
    echo "Test code 5 failed";

When I want to create an Object it throws exception and says:

Fatal error: Class 'user\Member' not found in C:\xampp\htdocs\auto24\user\tests\Member.php on line 8

My question is how can I call the Member Object in the tests folder files using namespaces?

Answer 1

You need to include the namespace and the class name: use user\Member;

Member.php:

namespace user;
class Member
{
    private $firstName;
    private $lastName;
    private $email;
    private $password;
    private $cell;
    //and some other stuff
}

Member.php in tests folder:

namespace user\tests\user;
use user\Member;

$member = new Member();

I'm presuming you also need to add the following to Member.php in tests folder if you haven't:

include '../Member.php';

Alternatively you could also use an autoloader to load classes/namespaces on the fly.

PHP Autoloading classes: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.spl-autoload-register.php

Answer 2

1. You cannot import a namespace (import user). You need to import concrete classes instead (use user\Member)
2. There is no need of importing Member, since it’s in the same namespace
3. use statement does not include files. You must consider some kind of autoloading. Consider PSR-0 and/or Composer

To solve your problem ad hoc, use include:

include '../Member.php';