如何使用命名空间中的所有类而不是单独列出它们？

Question

In my Controller I list all entities I have:

use App\Entity\Members;
use App\Entity\Products;
use App\Entity\Projects;

But because new Entities will automatically be created, I need instead something like

use AllEntities;

Is this possible?

Answer 1

There is no available option in PHP to import all classes from particular namespace at once.

In order to use a particular class you need to define so called Fully-qualified class name so it means to use use keyword for each class OR the other option is to import the namespace but when instantiating or using that class as a static for example you need to use imported namespace followed by \ and the class name.

For example: use Foo\Bar; $classOne = new Bar\ClassOne(); $classTwo = new Bar\ClassTwo();

This is valid when there is only one namespace ending with Bar imported. Otherwise you need to alias each one - the same applies to repeated class names - they also need to be aliased. This is about the built-in possibilities.

When it comes to your particular case - if you automatically create new entities which means that you generate new code - the only solution I see here is to expand your generation capabilities for generating some new code in places you need it.