Creating and using classes in Laravel

Question

I want to create my own class and use it inside my controller, but i don't know exactly how. I did the following:

1. I created a php file which contains my class in a sub-folder inside the App folder. the php file (class) is called JunkFunction and the sub-folder is called myClasses.

2. In my controller i insert this line of code on the top :

   use App\myClasses\JunkFunction;

3. I create an object of the class as the following:

   $function = new JunkFunction;

But this exception is thrown :

Class 'App\myClasses\JunkFunction' not found in D:\graduation project\kh\app\Http\Controllers\UploadsController.php

Answer 1

There are two ways you can create a class in laravel (recommend)

1. Create a Model
This is the most recommended way to create a class in laravel. command to create a model: php artisan make:model ModelName then you can use it as a use App\ModelName;

2. As a helper
This is no recommend.This one only use when you need a function/class exist in anywhere in the project so you cannot create class/function in same names.

• first create your class/function file and add it into the app folder.

• Then open your composer.json file and add your file path inzide of autoload part

  "autoload": { "files": [ "app/YourFunction.php" ] }

• then run composer dump-autoload

and you are done.