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ReflectionClass::getNamespaceName

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ReflectionClass::getNamespaceNameGets namespace name

Description

public ReflectionClass::getNamespaceName(): string

Gets the namespace name.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

The namespace name.

Examples

Example #1 ReflectionClass::getNamespaceName() example

<?php
namespace A\B;

class
Foo { }

$class = new \ReflectionClass('stdClass');

var_dump($class->inNamespace());
var_dump($class->getName());
var_dump($class->getNamespaceName());
var_dump($class->getShortName());

$class = new \ReflectionClass('A\\B\\Foo');

var_dump($class->inNamespace());
var_dump($class->getName());
var_dump($class->getNamespaceName());
var_dump($class->getShortName());
?>

The above example will output:

bool(false)
string(8) "stdClass"
string(0) ""
string(8) "stdClass"

bool(true)
string(7) "A\B\Foo"
string(3) "A\B"
string(3) "Foo"

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francois
13 years ago
If the object does not belong to a namespace, an empty string is returned
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