What does a \ (backslash) do in PHP (5.3+)?

What does a \ (backslash) do in PHP (5.3+)?

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How do I get an object's unqualified (short) class name?

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Troubleshooting "The use statement with non-compound name ... has no effect"

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PHP how to import all classes from another namespace

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PHP : 'use' inside of the class definition

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How to check if class exists within a namespace?

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Autoloading classes in PHPUnit using Composer and autoload.php

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How to get all class names inside a particular namespace?

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Can PHP namespaces contain variables?

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Class 'App\Http\Controllers\DB' not found and I also cannot use a new Model

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Parse XML with Namespace using SimpleXML

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Strategy for developing namespaced and non-namespaced versions of same PHP code

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PHP DateTime class Namespace

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Importing classes and namespaces in PHP: What difference does a leading backslash make?

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Using namespaces in Laravel 4

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