Updated: 9 August 2016 (PDT)
The Magento core development team uses the Basic Coding Standard and Coding Style Guide. Magento recommends that developers who create Magento extensions and customizations also use these standards.
Where possible, use PHP_CodeSniffer
to automatically enforce these standards. Otherwise, you must apply these standards and requirements through rigorous code review.
Class name resolution standard
For class name resolution, use the ::class
keyword instead of a string literal for every class name reference outside of that class. This includes references to:
- Fully qualified class name
- Imported/non-imported class name
- Namespace relative class name
- Import relative class name
Examples:
$this->get(ClassName::class);
$this->get(\Magento\Path\To\Class::class);