php - How __toString works in this example?

So I found this problem:

// name1.php
namespace Examples\Names;
class Name {
    public function __toString() {
        return "Laurel";
    }
    public static function get() {
        return "Eminent";
    }
}

// name2.php
namespace Examples;
include "name1.php";
class Name {
    public function __toString() {
        return "James";
    }
    public static function get() {
        return "Cook";
    }
}

echo new Name() . " | " . Names\Name::get();
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And I would like to understand why this echoecho new Name() . " | " . Names\Name::get(); take displaysJames | Eminent. I think that I got it about second second partNames\Name::get() that it takes from Examples\Names\NameEminent because it has that get, but what about first part? Why it takesJames by default?

Also, when I try to remove switch fromNames\Name::get() toNames\Name() just to see if it display __toString from second class -Cook it doesn't work and I get this errorFatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function Examples\Names\Name() in C

Can you help me with that? I really want to understand. Thank you!

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