Req #63298 [NEW]: Nothing resolves upwards in PHP

From: nat at nath dot is Operating system: Unix PHP version: 5.4.7 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Nothing resolves upwards in PHP Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/language.namespaces.global --- I would love to use namespaces, but it seems kind of silly that nothing in PHP resolves upwards (be that variables, classes, constants or functions). Test script: --------------- https://gist.github.com/3908714/c7639b02a8a4fc2c13ebfbcb35e41d17ab1b8d44 Expected result: ---------------- whoof Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Class 'MyProject\Animal\Animal' not found in /Users/Nathaniel/Projects/test/animal/dog.php on line 5 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63298&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=63298&r=mysqlcfg