diff --git a/_posts/03-03-01-Namespaces.md b/_posts/03-03-01-Namespaces.md index 55030aa..0536eed 100644 --- a/_posts/03-03-01-Namespaces.md +++ b/_posts/03-03-01-Namespaces.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ anchor: namespaces ## Namespaces {#namespaces_title} As mentioned above, the PHP community has a lot of developers creating lots of code. This means that one library's PHP -code may use the same class name as another library. When both libraries are used in the same namespace, they collide +code might use the same class name as another. When both libraries are used in the same namespace, they collide and cause trouble. _Namespaces_ solve this problem. As described in the PHP reference manual, namespaces may be compared to operating @@ -19,13 +19,9 @@ with other libraries. One recommended way to use namespaces is outlined in [PSR-4][psr4], which aims to provide a standard file, class and namespace convention to allow plug-and-play code. -In October 2014 the PHP-FIG deprecated the previous autoloading standard: [PSR-0][psr0], which has been replaced with -[PSR-4][psr4]. Currently both are still perfectly usable and PSR-0 is not going away. As PSR-4 requires PHP 5.3 and -many PHP 5.2-only projects currently implement PSR-0. Luckily those PHP 5.2-only projects are starting to up their -version requirements, meaning PSR-0 is being used less and less. +In October 2014 the PHP-FIG deprecated the previous autoloading standard: [PSR-0][psr0]. Both PSR-0 and PSR-4 are still perfectly usable. The latter requires PHP 5.3, so many PHP 5.2-only projects implement PSR-0. -If you're going to use an autoloader standard for a new application or package then you almost certainly want -to look into PSR-4. +If you're going to use an autoloader standard for a new application or package, look into PSR-4. * [Read about Namespaces][namespaces] * [Read about PSR-0][psr0]