How do I call a model in Laravel 5?

Question

I'm trying to get the hang of Laravel 5 and have a question which is probably very simple to solve but I'm struggling.

I have a controller named TestController and it resides in \app\Http\Controllers

This is the controller:

<?php 
namespace App\Http\Controllers;

class TestController extends Controller {

    public function test()
    {

    $diamonds = diamonds::find(1);
    var_dump($diamonds);
    }



}

Then I have a model I created that resides in /app:

<?php

namespace App;


class diamonds extends Model {


}

Put all other mistakes aside which I'm sure there are, my problem is that laravel throws an error:

FatalErrorException in TestController.php line 10: Class 'App\Http\Controllers\diamonds' not found

So, how do I get the controller to understand I'm pointing to a model and not to a controller?

Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

You have to import your model in the Controller by using namespaces.

E.g.

use App\Customer;

class DashboardController extends Controller {
    public function index() {
        $customers = Customer::all();
        return view('my/customer/template')->with('customers', $customers);
    }
}

In your case, you could use the model directly App\diamonds::find(1); or import it first with use App\diamonds; and use it like you already did.

Further, it is recommended to use UpperCamelCase class names. So Diamonds instead of diamonds. You also could use dd() (dump and die) instead of var_dump to see a nicely formatted dump of your variable.

Answer 2

  //Your model file
  <?php
    namespace App\Models;


    class diamonds extends Model {


    }

  // And in your controller
  <?php 
    namespace App\Http\Controllers;

    use App\Models\

    class TestController extends Controller {

    public function test()
    {

      $diamonds = diamonds::find(1);
      var_dump($diamonds);
    }

 }