Get child class namespace from superclass in PHP

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Assuming I have the following classes in different files:

<?php
    namespace MyNS;

    class superclass {

        public function getNamespace(){
            return __NAMESPACE__;
        }
    }
?>

<?php
    namespace MyNS\SubNS;

    class childclass extends superclass { }
?>

If I instantiate "childclass" and call getNamespace() it returns "MyNS".

Is there any way to get the current namespace from the child class without redeclaring the method?

I've resorted to creating a static $namespace variable in each class and referencing it using super::$namespace but that just doesn't feel very elegant.

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6 Answers

__NAMESPACE__ is a compile time constant, meaning that it is only useful at compile time. You can think of it as a macro which where inserted will replace itself with the current namespace. Hence, there is no way to get __NAMESPACE__ in a super class to refer to the namespace of a child class. You will have to resort to some kind of variable which is assigned in every child class, like you are already doing.

As an alternative, you can use reflection to get the namespace name of a class:

$reflector = new ReflectionClass('A\\Foo'); // class Foo of namespace A
var_dump($reflector->getNamespaceName());

See the PHP manual for more (unfinished) documentation. Note that you'll need to be on PHP 5.3.0 or later to use reflection.

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Hope this helps.

/* First Namespace */
namespace MyNS {
    class superclass {
        /* Functions to get the current namespace
         *  If $object is null then return the
         *  namespace of the class where the
         *  method exists, if not null, return
         *  the namespace of the class called.
         */
        public static function get_namespace($object = null) {
            if($object !== null) {
                $tmp = (($object != "self") && (get_called_class() != get_class($object))) ? get_class($object) : get_called_class();
                $tmparr = explode("\\", $tmp);
                $class = array_pop($tmparr);
                return join("\\", $tmparr);
            } else {
                return __NAMESPACE__;
            }
        }
        public static function get_current_namespace() {
            return self::get_namespace(self);
        }

        public function call_static_method($class_name, $method_name, $arguments = array()) {
            $class = "\\" . $this->get_namespace($this) . "\\{$class_name}";
            if(method_exists($class, $method_name)) {
                if(count($arguments) > 0) return $class::$method_name($arguments);
                return $class::$method_name();
            }
            return "Method ({$method_name}) Does not exist in class ({$class})";
        }

        public function call_user_method($object, $method_name, $arguments = array()) {
            if(method_exists($object, $method_name)) {
                if(count($arguments) > 0) return $object->$method_name($arguments);
                return $object->$method_name();
            }
        }
    }

    class superclass2 extends superclass {
        public static function foo() {
            return "superclass2 foo";
        }
        public function bar() {
            return "superclass2 bar";
        }
    }
}

/* Second Namespace */
namespace MyNS\SubNS {
    class childclass extends \MyNS\superclass { }

    class childclass2 extends \MyNS\superclass {
        public static function foo() {
            return "childclass2 foo";
        }
        public function bar() {
            return "childclass2 bar";
        }
    }
}

/* Back to Root Namespace */
namespace {
    /* Returns 'MyNS' */
    echo \MyNS\superclass::get_namespace() . "<br />";
    echo \MyNS\SubNS\childclass::get_namespace() . "<br />";

    /* Returns 'MyNS' */
    echo \MyNS\superclass::get_current_namespace() . "<br />";

    /* Returns 'MyNS\SubNS' */
    echo \MyNS\SubNS\childclass::get_current_namespace() . "<br />";


    /* Or this way */


    $super = new \MyNS\superclass();
    $child = new \MyNS\SubNS\childclass();

    /* Returns 'MyNS' */
    echo $super->get_namespace() . "<br />";
    echo $child->get_namespace() . "<br />";

    /* Returns 'MyNS' */
    echo $super->get_namespace($super) . "<br />";

    /* Returns 'MyNS\SubNS' */
    echo $child->get_namespace($child) . "<br />";

    /* Returns 'superclass2 foo' */
    echo $super->call_static_method("superclass2", "foo") . "<br />";

    /* Returns 'superclass2 bar' */
    $super2 = new \MyNS\superclass2();
    echo $super->call_user_method($super2, "bar") . "<br />";

    /* Returns 'superclass2 foo' */
    echo $child->call_static_method("childclass2", "foo") . "<br />";

    /* Returns 'superclass2 bar' */
    $child2 = new \MyNS\SubNS\childclass2();
    echo $child->call_user_method($child2, "bar") . "<br />";
}

Edited in response to Artur Bodera to add 'call' functionality

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