Just load the trait with App::uses()

On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:52:07 AM UTC+1, Reuben wrote:
>
> My original question on Stack Overflow [
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21394852/whats-the-correct-method-for-using-traits-and-namespaces-for-cakephp-2],
>  
> and content copied here, should that disappear.
>
> I'm using CakePHP 2.4.5 and PHP 5.5, and would like to use a trait.
>
> I have a trait in Utility/VariablesTrait.php called VariablesTrait.
>
> To take advantage of namespaces, I've given it a namespace of 
> App\Utility\VariablesTrait, since Utility\VariablesTrait seems a bit too 
> global, and the former would work better with CakePHP 3.
>
> In my class that I want to use it in, I have the use 
> App\Utility\VariablesTrait; statement in the class. For backup, I also 
> have a App::uses('VariablesTrait', 'Utility'); statement at the top of 
> the file. I'm not sure if the SPL autoloader is used when looking for 
> traits, which is why I was going for namespaces in the first place.
>
> The small issue is that the app directory is app, and since directory 
> structures should match namespaces (I think), I renamed it to App. 
> However, CakeRequest::_base() hardcodes app, so determining the 
> controller doesn't work so well.
>
> So, I'm trying to determine if that's a CakePHP bug, or if there is a more 
> appropriate way of using traits in CakePHP 2.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Reuben Helms
>

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