First, we had variable naming conventions. Then we got classes and functions / methods, so we got general naming conventions. With PHP 5.3 introducing namespaces, it’s time to say hello to namespace naming conventions.
Namespaces were introduced to solve the problem of naming clashes. Once upon a time, all your code lived in one, two, maybe three files, and you could see and know exactly what was going on. Then applications started expanding, and OOP came along. Suddenly there were hundreds of functions, classes and methods in your application, not to mention variables and properties.
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