including 3rd party classes/libs

[Chatwee]

Hello everybody,

I am currently working on a plugin and having a hard time including my custom library in one of the hooks. Let's say I have a class defined in a class1.php file (location: \[IPS root path]\plugins\myExamplePlugin\lib\class1.php).

Here's what the class1.php file looks like:

<?php

class Example_class
{
	private static $_someValue = null;

	private static $_anotherValue = null;

	public static function setSomeValue($someValue) {
		self::$_someValue = $someValue;
	}

	public static function setAnotherValue($anotherValue) {
		self::$_anotherValue = $anotherValue;
	}

	public static function getSomeValue() {
		return self::$_someValue;
	}

	public static function getAnotherValue() {
		return self::$_anotherValue;
	}

	public static function areBothTheValuesSet() {
		return self::$_someValue !== null && self::$_anotherValue !== null;
	}
}

Now, I'd like to use the above class in one of my hooks: hook1.php (location: \[IPS root path]\plugins\myExamplePlugin\hooks\hook1.php.

Here's what the hook1.php file looks like:

//<?php
/* To prevent PHP errors (extending class does not exist) revealing path */
if ( !defined( '\IPS\SUITE_UNIQUE_KEY' ) )
{
	exit;
}

require_once \IPS\ROOT_PATH . "\plugins\myExamplePlugin\lib\class1.php";

class hook1 extends _HOOK_CLASS_
{
	public function authenticate()
	{
		$someValue = \IPS\Settings::i()->someValue;
	    	$anotherValue = \IPS\Settings::i()->anotherValue;
		
		Example_class::setSomeValue($someValue);
		Example_class::setAnotherValue($anotherValue);
		
		/*

		irrelevant stuff		

		*/

		return call_user_func_array( 'parent::authenticate', func_get_args() );
	}
}

And the error I have been getting after the authentication is:

 Whoops \ Exception \ ErrorException (E_ERROR)
Class 'IPS\Example_class' not found

Can you guys help me out with this?

[Daniel F]

You have to replace 

Example_class::setSomeValue($someValue);
Example_class::setAnotherValue($anotherValue);

with

\Example_class::setSomeValue($someValue);
\Example_class::setAnotherValue($anotherValue);

since Example_class isn't in the IPS namespace

[Chatwee]

It works! Thanks, Daniel!