How to include a class from outside the cakephp folder

Question

See my current file structure

CakePHP
  - bin
  - config
  - src
  - vendor
  - webroot


RowPHP
  - push.php

I want to import/include

Push a class to my cakephp2 application which is in push.php file outside cakephp

What i tried

require_once( ROOT . DS . '..' . DS . 'RowPHP'. DS . 'push.php');
$pushOb = new Push();

it turns on successfully, but when i try to create an object via error

Fatal error: Class 'App \ Controller \ Push' not found

Question: How can I import / include this class in my cakephp application?

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tarikul05 Apr 12 17 at 6:45 am

1 answer

drmonkeyninja · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-12T09:23:16+0000

You need to make sure PHP can find the class in the correct namespace using new \Push()

(note the backslash in front of the class name): -

require_once( ROOT . DS . '..' . DS . 'RowPHP'. DS . 'push.php');
$pushOb = new \Push();