- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
namespace MyProject;
$query = 'query';
var_dump($query); // Overloaded
\var_dump($query); // Internal
// We want to access the global Exception class
// The following will not work because there's no class called Exception in the MyProject\Database namespace and unqualified class names do not have a fallback to global space
// throw new Exception('Query failed!');
// Instead, we use a single backslash to indicate we want to resolve from global space
throw new \Exception('ailed!');
function var_dump() {
echo 'Overloaded global var_dump()!<br />';
}