Hi,

At first "import Zend::DB" is equivalent of "import Zend:DB as DB";

<?php
require 'Zend/Db/Connection.php';
import Zend::DB;

After these statement you can use any classes and functions from Zend::DB
namespace qualifying them by prefix "DB::".

$x = DB::Connection();

Thanks. Dmitry.

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Arpad Ray [mailto:arpad@[...].com] 
>  Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 8:37 PM
>  To: dmitry@[...].com
>  Cc: 'Hans Lellelid'; 'PHP internals'
>  Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Simple Namespace Proposal
>  
>  
>  
>  Hi Dmitry,
>  
>  What made me think it's supported is that both the proposal 
>  and tests include namespace imports. Quoting from the proposal:
>  
>  > Namespace or class name can be imported:
>  > 
>  > <?php
>  > require 'Zend/Db/Connection.php';
>  > import Zend::DB;
>  
>  And ns_002.phpt:
>  
>  > import test::ns1;
>  
>  So if not importing everything in the namespace, what exactly 
>  are these statements supposed to do?
>  
>  I'm also curious why the direct importing of classes would be 
>  the only exception (why not functions too?), is this an 
>  unavoidable inconsistency?
>  
>  Regards,
>  
>  Arpad
>  
>  
>  
>  On 7/23/2007, "Dmitry Stogov" <dmitry@[...].com> wrote:
>  
>  >Hi Arpad,
>  >
>  >You have to always use namespace name as prefix for acesing 
>  namespace 
>  >entities. (The only exception is direct import of calss).
>  >So expectatins in your tests are wrong.
>  >
>  >Thanks. Dmitry.
>  >
>  >> -----Original Message-----
>  >> From: Arpad Ray [mailto:arpad@[...].com]
>  >> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 7:32 PM
>  >> To: Dmitry Stogov
>  >> Cc: 'Hans Lellelid'; 'PHP internals'
>  >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Simple Namespace Proposal
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> Dmitry Stogov wrote:
>  >> > The patch is already committed to the HEAD.
>  >> >
>  >> > Dmitry.
>  >> >
>  >> There seem to be some problems with importing across 
>  files. The tests 
>  >> currently in CVS are all in single files so it's not immediately 
>  >> obvious. When a namespace is declared in one file and imported in 
>  >> another, classes must be addressed absolutely either in 
>  the import or 
>  >> when used, and functions must be addressed absolutely when used, 
>  >> irrespective of imports.
>  >>
>  >> I've attached some phpt files to test this, but here's a simple
>  >> illustration:
>  >>
>  >> foo.php:
>  >> <?php
>  >> namespace foo;
>  >> function foobar() { }
>  >> class Foobaz { }
>  >> ?>
>  >>
>  >> bar.php:
>  >> <?php
>  >> import foo;
>  >> foobar(); // error
>  >> new Foobaz; // error
>  >> foo::foobar(); // ok
>  >> new foo::Foobaz; // ok
>  >>
>  >> import foo::foobar;
>  >> import foo::Foobaz;
>  >> foobar(); // error
>  >> new Foobaz; // ok
>  >>
>  >> import foo::foobar as foobar2;
>  >> foobar2(); // error
>  >> ?>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> Arpad
>  >>
>  >
>  

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