UnexpectedValueException in Route.php line 639: Invalid route action: [App\Http\Controllers\PortfolioController]

Question

Why am I getting this error. I created a PortfolioController. Then I made a route using this

Route::get('portfolio','PortfolioController');  

So in my controller page I made this.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class PortfolioController extends Controller
{
  //This only gets exectued when we request /portfolio/Paintings using GET
    public function getPaintings()
    {
      return 'This RESTful controller is working!';
    }
}

I get this error when typing in localhost/portfolio/paintings

Answer 1

From the look of your code, it looks like you're trying to setup an implicit controller route. You're close, but your route definition is a little off. You need to use controller instead of get:

Route::controller('portfolio','PortfolioController');

Answer 2

https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/upgrade#upgrade-5.3.0

The following features are deprecated in 5.2 and will be removed in the 5.3 release in June 2016:

• Implicit controller routes using Route::controller have been deprecated. Please use explicit route registration in your routes file. This will likely be extracted into a package.

You must declare each endpoint now.

Answer 3

try this

Route::get('portfolio','PortfolioController@getPaintings')

Answer 4

I got a similar error when there was a mistake in he file of web.php.

A correct route would like this Route::get('portfolio','YourController@yourMethod');