Tips
Tips
Tips
In order to write future-proof code, it is
recommended that you don’t place many variables, functions or
classes in the global namespace. This will prevent naming conflicts
with 3rd party code as well as possible future additions to the
language.
One common way to prevent naming conflicts of
functions and classes is to add them to their own dedicated
namespace.
<?php
namespace MyProject;
function
my_function() {
return true;
}
\
MyProject\my_function();
This still needs you to keep track of already used
namespaces, but once you have decided on a namespace you will be
using you can add all functions and classes to it without having to
think about conflicts again.
It is considered best practice to limit the number
of variables added to the global scope in order to prevent naming
conflicts with 3rd party code.
Note: Variable
scopingBecause of PHP’s scoping rules
variables defined inside functions and methods are not in the
global scope and as such cannot conflict with other variables
defined in the global scope.