---
title: "Use autoloading and namespaces in PHP"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/use-autoloading-and-namespaces-in-php-pepc68iza
source_url: https://opensource.com/article/23/4/autoloading-namespaces-php
type: article
source: "Open Source Way"
published: 2023-04-18T07:07:30.632Z
updated: 2023-04-18T07:07:30.401Z
tags: ["php"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 12
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Use autoloading and namespaces in PHP

**[Open Source Way](https://daily.dev/sources/oss)** · 8 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Autoloading is a way to automatically include class files of a project in your code. It only takes two steps to create an autoloader. The code is able to instantiate a class named without first having required its PHP file. As a result, the class's PHP file is automatically loaded.

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