Namespace, But Far In The Name¶

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Namespaces can be named anything, except namespace. That keyword is used as a prefix, on a name (class, function, constant, etc.) to represent the current namespace, and allow for relative sub-namespaces.

Then, the namespace keyword cannot be used as the first part of a namespace, as it would conflict with the namespace relative part.

But it is possible to use namespace later in the name.

See Also¶

namespace (PHP manual)
namespace in a namespace [Try me]

PHP Error Messages¶

Cannot use ‘namespace’ as namespace name

PHP Features¶