Traits & Namespaces

Traits

trait Timestampable {
    private DateTime \$createdAt;
    private DateTime \$updatedAt;

    public function initializeTimestamps(): void {
        \$this->createdAt = new DateTime();
        \$this->updatedAt = new DateTime();
    }
}

class Post {
    use Timestampable;
}

Conflict Resolution

trait A { public function foo(): void { echo "A"; } }
trait B { public function foo(): void { echo "B"; } }
class MyClass {
    use A, B {
        A::foo insteadof B;
        B::foo as bar;
    }
}

Namespaces

namespace App\Services;

use App\Models\User;
use function array_map;
use const PHP_INT_MAX;