Unable to instantiate DOMDocument object inside Model class

Hello.
Below is my model. (please take a look at $dom)

PHP Code:

<?php namespace App\Models;

use CodeIgniter\Model;

class SomethingModel extends Model
{
    public function doSomething()
    {
        // do something
        $dom = new DOMDocument();
    }
}

?>

I cannot instantiate DOMDocument.

Error logs showed this:
CRITICAL - 2023-08-11 11:05:10 --> Class 'App\Models\DOMDocument' not found

As if it thinks I'm referencing a model.

But when I do the same on View files, it has no problem.

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Hello.
Below is my model. (please take a look at $dom)

PHP Code:

<?php namespace App\Models;

use CodeIgniter\Model;

class SomethingModel extends Model
{
    public function doSomething()
    {
        // do something
        $dom = new DOMDocument();
    }
}

?>

I cannot instantiate DOMDocument.

Error logs showed this:
CRITICAL - 2023-08-11 11:05:10 --> Class 'App\Models\DOMDocument' not found

As if it thinks I'm referencing a model.

But when I do the same on View files, it has no problem.

Okay, I have found the solution.

Since I need to instantiate DOMDocument, the PHP built-in objects, all I need to do is just add this declaration:

PHP Code:

use DOMDocument; 


Heh, its base syntax - new \DOMDocument or use DOMDocument

Try putting a slash in front of it like below, if that does not work it could be that the html DOM is not installed
in your php version.

PHP Code:

$dom = new \DOMDocument(); 


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As you've found out, add a use statement at the top of the file:use DOMDocument;
This allows you to instantiate the DOMDocument class without the leading backslash in the rest of your file: $dom = new DOMDocument();

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