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

Question

What does a \\ do in PHP?

For example, CSRF4PHP has \\FALSE, \\session_id, and \\Exception:

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Answer 1

The \ is used in PHP 5.3 for namespaces. See http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.rationale.php for more information on namespaces and PHP.