What are some common pitfalls when trying to include a foreign class in your own PHP class?

One common pitfall when including a foreign class in your own PHP class is not properly importing the foreign class at the beginning of your file. To solve this issue, make sure to use the "require" or "include" statement to import the foreign class before using it in your own class. 

// Incorrect way of including a foreign class
class MyClass {
    public function __construct() {
        $foreignObj = new ForeignClass(); // This will result in an error
    }
}

// Correct way of including a foreign class
require 'ForeignClass.php';

class MyClass {
    public function __construct() {
        $foreignObj = new ForeignClass(); // This will work properly
}

Keywords

namespace autoloading require_once include class_exists

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