How do I use PHP namespaces with autoload?

Question

I get this error when I try to use autoload and namespaces:

Fatal error: Class 'Class1' not found in /usr/local/www/apache22/data/public/php5.3/test.php on line 10

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Here is my code:

Class1.php:

<?php

namespace Person\Barnes\David
{
    class Class1
    {
        public function __construct()
        {
            echo __CLASS__;
        }
    }
}

?>

test.php:

<?php

function __autoload($class)
{
    require $class . '.php';
}

use Person\Barnes\David;

$class = new Class1();

?>

Answer 1

Class1 is not in the global scope.

See below for a working example:

<?php

function __autoload($class)
{
    $parts = explode('\\', $class);
    require end($parts) . '.php';
}

use Person\Barnes\David as MyPerson;

$class = new MyPerson\Class1();

Edit (2009-12-14):

Just to clarify, my usage of "use ... as" was to simplify the example.

The alternative was the following:

$class = new Person\Barnes\David\Class1();

or

use Person\Barnes\David\Class1;

// ...

$class = new Class1();