I'm wondering when to use the fully qualified class name or when to put a use statement on top of the class.
For example:
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class ImageStatus extends Model {
public function image(): \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo {
return $this->belongsTo( \App\Image::class, 'id' );
}
public function user(): \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo {
return $this->belongsTo( \App\User::class, 'id' );
}
}
At the moment I have this piece of code and my PHPStorm tells me Unnecessary fully qualified name. This hint disappears when I change it to:
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
class ImageStatus extends Model {
public function image(): BelongsTo {
return $this->belongsTo( \App\Image::class, 'id' );
}
public function user(): BelongsTo {
return $this->belongsTo( \App\User::class, 'id' );
}
}
So I'm wondering what the difference is, performance wise, code readability and if one is better than the other.