Req #60135 [Opn->Csd]: Request for mechanism to resolve namespace from alias

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60135&edit=1 ID: 60135 Updated by: nikic@php.net Reported by: rev40oz at hotmail dot com Summary: Request for mechanism to resolve namespace from alias -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Reflection related Operating System: All PHP Version: 5.3.8 -Assigned To: +Assigned To: nikic Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I'm closing this as the primary use-case should be addressed by the ::class feature introduced in PHP 5.5. You can pass ABC::class to your factory and it will resolve to a class name string based on the class alias table. Implementing a function such as resolve_namespace_alias() is not possible, because aliases are per-file -- aliases in the file where the factory is implemented and where it is used may be different. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-10-25 23:32:36] rev40oz at hotmail dot com Description: ------------ I would like to request a feature for namespacing in future versions. From what I can tell, there is currently no way to resolve the full namespace from a namespace alias. Something along the lines of: namespace a\b\c as ABC; echo resolve_namespace_alias(ABC); // prints 'a\b\c' Situations where class names are passed by string (factories) and need full qualification can't currently benefit from NS aliasing in an elegant way. Thanks, Chuck Reed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60135&edit=1