ID: 51126
User updated by: richard at rjharrison dot org
Reported By: richard at rjharrison dot org
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: SPL related
Operating System: linux
PHP Version: 5.3.1
New Comment:
Hi Johannes,
I double-checked the documentation and found no mention that the string
passed to class_exists() must be fully qualified. Perhaps this is a
documentation bug.
It is certainly seems inconsistent/counter-intuitive:-
class_exists('Things\Car'); // FALSE, class does not exist
$car = new Things\Car(); // HUH? Class does exist after all
So PHP is able to figure out there is a "use Foo/Things" namespace in
effect on one line, but not on the other? Lame.
Previous Comments:
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[2010-02-23 18:46:01] johan...@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php
When used as a string we need the fully qualified name as we don't know
where the parameter is coming from.
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[2010-02-23 18:41:57] richard at rjharrison dot org
Description:
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class_exists() is not calling my spl_autoload_register'ed function with
a fully qualified (namespaced) class name.
Because the input to my autoload function is not fully qualified, it
cannot load the class and class_exists return false; however, if I try
to instantiate the class that "does not exist" then the correct, fully
qualified class now passed to the autoloader: it correctly loads the
class and my code works.
Reproduce code:
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// register my autoloader
use Foo\Things;
// This fails: my autoload function is called with $class =
'Things\Car'
if(class_exists('Things\Car')){
echo "class exists!";
}else{
echo "Weird?";
}
// This works: my autoload function is called with $class =
'Foo\Things\Car'
$x = new Things\Car();
Expected result:
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"class exists!"
Actual result:
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"Weird?"
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