From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.4 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Localised namespace importing within codeblocks
Description: ------------ It would be nice to important an entire namespace into global space, but only for a controlled section of code Test script: --------------- /* desktop.php */ <?php namespace desktop; class Window{...} class Icon{...} class Button{...} ?> /* index.php */ <?php require 'desktop.php'; global_function(); { use desktop; $window1=new Window(); $window2=new Window(); $button1=new Button(); } more_global_functions(); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Whilst in the codeblock the namespace is available as if it were global, but once outside it is no longer globally available. The global namespace should be unaffected afterwards Actual result: -------------- currently namespaces cannot be imported entirely under the justification that it will pollute the global namespace. I believe that if only done for controlled regions of code this can be avoided & code can be more cleanly written -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53600&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=53600&r=mysqlcfg