New Instance with namespace from string?

[AbydosGater]

I have a list of classes in a database that I wish to load and instanciate.

 

I know this can be done with something along the lines of:

$class = $row['name'];
$instance = new $class;

 

Ive tried the above syntax which works fine, but I am doing this with __autoload() and namespaces, so I tried the following syntax:

 

use Plugin as foo\bar\Plugins;

$class = $row['name'];
$instance = new Plugin\$class;

 

But this just throws an unexpected T_VARIABLE error.

 

Can anyone help me out with creating new instance of a class from a string with namespaces?

 

Thanks,

Andy

[salathe]

You would need to use a string to reference the class with its namespace

 

    $class = "namespace\of\the\\$class";

 

Also note that you won't be able to use the aliased name (Plugin\$class) like you want to, the full namespace path must be used (whether you like it or not  ).

[AbydosGater]

This worked perfectly. I do not mind having to use the full namespace path as long as the namespace works

 

Thank you very much salathe for such a quick reply.

 

Andy

[salathe]

No problemo, I'm happy to help folks who show willing to learn.