Laravel Alias not finding class

Question

I am trying to register an Alias to a class, but Laravel can't find the class, i can reference the class directly in my controller, so i know its loaded correctly.

here is my code:

    'aliases' => array(
        'FrontendAssets' => 'Lib\FrontendAssets',
    )

the class I am trying to make an alias for

class FrontendAssets{

    protected static $styles = [];
    protected static $scripts = [];

    public static function styles(){
        return static::assets(static::$styles);
    }

    public static function addStyle($style){
        static::$styles[] = $style;
    }

    public static function scripts(){
        $scripts = static::assets(static::$scripts);
        return $scripts;
    }

    public static function addScript($script){
        static::$scripts[] = $script;
    }

    public static function assets($assets){
        return array_map(function ($asset){
                return $asset;
        }, array_unique($assets));
    }
} 

This is what i am trying to call in my controller

FrontendAssets::assets();

I have tried adding namespaces but still no joy.

If i use \FrontendAssets::assets(); in my controller, I can use the class so I know it is defiantly been loaded

Answer 1

php artisan config:clear

Might help also. In case you have previously cached config files with config:cache since aliases are defined in app config.

Answer 2

First run composer dump-autoload to make sure the class can be found.

Now, when you have controller in namespace, for example:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

class YourController {

}

if you want to access FrontendAssets class you need to add leading backslash, so FrontendAssets::assets(); won't work but \FrontendAssets::assets(); will work.

You can alternatively import this class:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use FrontendAssets;

class YourController {

}

and now you will be able to use FrontendAssets::assets();. If it's unclear you might want to look also for explanation at How to use objects from other namespaces and how to import namespaces in PHP