Dynamically load class by name in Zend 2

Question

I am currently trying to get an instance of a class by its name. I have a controller and in this controller i would like to get an instance of a class by its classname . I know that the class will be in the namespace MyModule\\Entity .

What is the best way to dynamically create an instance of a class with Zend 2 ?

namespace MyModule\Controller;

class MyController extends AbstractActionController {

public function indexAction() {
    $className = "myclass"; // File myclass.php
    $class = ??? // create instance by $className
    $class->process();
}

Answer 1

In ZF1 I would do

$class = new MyModule_Entity_Classname();

I don't know if this changed in ZF2.

Answer 2

If you use composer and it's configured properly you can use:

$class = new $className;

but $className should be full name of class, eg \\MyModule\\MyClass