Question

The code:

$className = '\MyNamespace\MyClass';
$object = new $className();

throws error ‘Class not found’

But this code:

$object = new \MyNamespace\MyClass();

is not.

First code fragment works at staging but not at my local. Do I need to enable something at my local server?

Many thanks for help

Answer 1

Dynamic functions always require a fully-qualified namespace name and as such a leading \ would be redundant. That’s why you shouldn’t specify it:

$className = 'MyNamespace\MyClass';
$object = new $className();

But still, it shouldn’t throw an error. Demo: http://codepad.viper-7.com/D8H19r