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Dominik Barann
Dominik Barann

Reputation: 685

zf2 naming conventions of classes

What kind of name do you use for classes? For Example an user service located in the folder User/Service with the namespace User\Service:

  1. class User
  2. class UserService

First i prevered using the first option because of the directory, its clear that it is a service. But then i saw the following using my service in for example a controller.

namespace User\Controller;

use User\Service\User;

class UserController {
    public function __construct(User $userService) {
        ...
    }
}

At first glance you think you have to inject an user entity to the constructor. Or should i change the use statement to use User\Service\User as UserService? Are there any conventions?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 83

Answers (1)

Tim Fountain
Tim Fountain

Reputation: 33148

This is subjective, but I normally use User\Service\UserService for the reasons you describe. With namespaces, you rarely use the full class name, and if you have multiple 'User' classes, it gets a bit confusing, and you end up having to alias everything anyway.

I've seen UserService used more than the other way, but it's just down to personal preference really.

Upvotes: 2

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