This. PHP bolted on namespaces, back in 5.3 (iirc) and they failed to namespace the stdlib, and now 20 years later we are still stuck with the same garbage.
PHP has only globals really, no module system what so ever.
PHP has only globals really, no module system what so ever.
and it hasn't been an issue ever. because all userland code lives in its own namespaces.
PHP messed up pretty big when they made this ad-hoc namespace thing.