Re: PHP cannot use a provided class

On 21.03.2018 at 05:58, James Moe wrote: > On 03/20/2018 03:14 PM, Christoph M. Becker wrote: > >>> //Import the PHPMailer class into the global namespace >>> // use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer; >> Either properly import the class: >> >> use PHPMailer\PHPMailer; >> > Using the above causes the script to silently abort. No messages, nothing. > >>> >>> $mail = new PHPMailer(); >> Or use the fully qualified class name: >> >> $mail = new \PHPMailer\PHPMailer; >> > This yields the message: > > Fatal error: Class 'PHPMailer\PHPMailer' not found in > /home/sohne/web/php/common/php-test-email.php on line 44 Sorry, forget that. Actually, the class PHPMailer is contained in the PHPMailer\PHPMailer namespace, so you need the triple $mail = new \PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer; >> See also the chapter about namespaces in the PHP manual: >> >> <http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.php> >> > Apparently php.net is having issues. The page persistently times out. Hmm, works for me. The issue might be intermittent, or maybe there is something wrong with the geolocation and/or a certain mirror. Try: <http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.php> <https://secure.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.php> -- Christoph M. Becker