Class not found on namespace

Question

I'm creating an API wrapper at the moment, and I decided to create an index.php which loads the Client, just for testing/debugging purposes.

Here's my index.php

require_once("src/API/Client.php"); $client = new \API\Client();

Here's my API\Client

namespace API; class Client { public function __construct() { $this->_requester = new Client\Request(); return $this; } }

The error I'm getting is that API\Client\Request is not found in the Client.php

It does exist, and can be viewed below:

namespace API\Client class Request { protected $_requestUrl; public function __construct() { return $this; } }

This is my first foray into making an application that has fully namespaced classes, so I'd appreciate your help in getting this working.

It also might be a good idea to inject Request instead of hard coding it in constructor: $client = new \API\Client(new \API\Client\Request); — Damaged Organic
– Damaged Organic, Commented Oct 16, 2014 at 10:51
write in constructor require_once 'src/API/Client/Request.php'; above $this->_requester = new Client\Request(); line. — herr
– herr, Commented Oct 16, 2014 at 10:52

MrCode · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-16 10:54:42Z

You're missing the require_once statement to include the script that contains the Request class definition.

require_once("src/API/Client.php"); require_once("src/API/Client/Request.php"); // <-- or whatever the filename is

I recommend using an autoloader which means you don't need any include statements. For example this PSR-0 autoloader.

Also, your use of the return statement in the constructors serves no purpose. Constructors can't return values.

I used an autoloader combined with a RecursiveDirectoryIteratorto get all the files autoloaded. Thanks for your help.

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