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Subject: ::class wrong case
From: dev@mabe.berlin (Marc Bennewitz)

Hi,

I have noted that detecting a class name using "::class" it will return 
the called case instead of the original case.
see http://3v4l.org/97K36

That's annoying as I like to check the right class case on autoload to 
detect mistakes.

Sure, class names in PHP are case-insensitive but filesystems aren't and 
most autoloader using the FS to find the right file. To catch such kind 
of mistakes I would like to implement a fast check in my autoloader to 
get noted on development instead on production. It's currently only 
possible with ReflectionClass but this will be much slower as with ::class.

Are there any reasons to get the called case of the class instead or the 
original one?

Marc