Re: When to use namespaces

On 1 March 2010 16:14, Auke van Slooten <auke@muze.nl> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm doing a small hobby project to better my understanding of php5, > specifically php5.3 and I'm wondering when a namespaced project is better > and when it is better to simply use a prefix to all class names. > > I've been trying to get a feeling for what is considered the best practice, > but most of the pages dealing with namespaces start with the assumption that > you are building a complex application with lots of modules and say things > like: > > Namespaces should be all lowercase and must follow the following conention: >   <vendor>\<package_name>\ > > (thats from the php.standards mailing list btw) > > In my case the project is a single module, single php file, with about 6 > classes. It is an OO wrapper for PHP's xmlrpc methods (client and server) > and meant to be used in a number of different projects. > > Is it considered a good idea to use a namespace in such a case? And if so, > what should that be? I've named the project 'ripcord', and used that as a > namespace as well. I could probably name it 'muze.ripcord', but somehow that > feels less 'open' to me. > > Thanks in advance for any thoughts, > Auke van Slooten > Muze (www.muze.nl) > > PS. The project is at http://code.google.com/p/ripcord/, the > PHP5.3 version > is at gÞPUˆO“íàƒ¢ü > dFhttp://code.google.com/p/ripcord/source/browse/#svn/branches/php5.3 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > If you are intending to document your code using DocBlocks and then build a manual using phpDocumentor, then the current version of phpDocumentor does NOT support namespaces. Add to that the 5.3.0+ issue, then maybe sensible prefixes may be the easier choice for the time being. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling