Laravel 5 make:controller creating controller in app folder instead of controller folder

Question

I'm learning how to use Laravel 5 and I've ran into a problem where my controllers are being created in the root of the "app" folder instead of the "controller" folder. I have no idea why this is happening as I've re installed and checked 10 times.

I'm in gitbash on windows 8.1..

So I go

john@John ~/desktop/code/my-first-app
$ php artisan make:controller PagesController

and then I get

Controller created successfully

Only it's being created in the root of app and nothing in the Controllers folder. What am I missing? I also see others having the same problem in comments under video on laracasts.

Answer 1

The controller can be created into specific path as followed:

php artisan make:controller controllerName

However, if you would like to create it in a custom directory then refer to the line below:

below will create on root path (outside app directory)

php artisan make:controller App\\../pathName/controllerName

If want inside app directory then it should be

php artisan make:controller App\\pathName/controllerName

Tested on Laravel 6.x

Answer 2

In Laravel 5, it is not required to specify the path. By default, it will generate the controller in the directory.

So, the controller can be created like this:

php artisan make:controller controllerName

However, if you would like to create it in a custom directory then refer to the line below:

php artisan make:controller pathName/controllerName

Answer 3

After trying php artisan make:controller Directory\PageController, Laravel 5.1 would create a controller named DirectoryPage Controller in my app directory. The solution for me was to escape the backslash with another backslash so the following worked for me:

php artisan make:controller Directory\\\\PageController

Laravel created a Pagecontroller in the app/Directory. Just thought I would share with everyone.

Answer 4

php artisan make:controller -r controllerName

Try it with -r option it will create controller with boiler plate (All the basic function like: - public function index(){}, public function store(Request $request){}, and so on...... for better understanding you can also visit: - https://laracasts.com/series/laravel-from-scratch-2017