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Using PHP Namespaces and Libraries

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Applies to: Jamroom 7.0+ Last verified: 2026-10-24

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Third-party libraries
Namespaces

  • Third-party libraries

    Put a library in your module, for example in lib/ or contrib/, and load it where you use it, not in _init(): _init() runs on every request.

    function xxFoo_get_client()
{
    require_once APP_DIR . '/modules/xxFoo/contrib/vendor/autoload.php';
    return new \Vendor\Package\Client();
}

  • Namespaces

    Module files aren't namespaced: Jamroom calls module functions by name. Refer to namespaced classes by their full name, as above, or with a use statement at the top of the file that uses them:

    <?php
defined('APP_DIR') or exit();

use Vendor\Package\Client;

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