Class not found when using custom class

Question

I am using excel reader from https://github.com/nuovo/spreadsheet-reader and it is in app folder.

Now when I try to access it from HomeController.php using following code.

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\User;

use App\spreadsheet_reader\php_excel_reader\excel_reader2;
use App\spreadsheet_reader\SpreadsheetReader;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
   {
        require_once(base_path().'/app/spreadsheet_reader/php_excel_reader/excel_reader2.php');

       $Reader = new \App\spreadsheet_reader\SpreadsheetReader(base_path().'/UnRegisterClient.xlsx');
   }
}

Then it gives me following error.

Class 'App\spreadsheet_reader\SpreadsheetReader' not found

Any suggesstion how I can solve this? I mean how I can use my custom class?

Amit Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-25 07:32:33Z

4

Put your external files in the folder app/Libraries (first, create the Libraries folder) then just autoload the folder with that file.

For example, add this folder in the array or “classmap” in composer.json :

"autoload": {
    "classmap": [
        "database",
        "app\Libraries"
    ],
    "psr-4": {
        "App\\": "app/"
    }
},

Then run composer dump-autoload in your command line.

edited Dec 25, 2016 at 7:32

answered Dec 25, 2016 at 7:27

Amit Gupta

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3 Comments

Jass Over a year ago

Thanks for giving suggestions. Up vote for you as well

Amit Gupta Over a year ago

Great, but somehow this suggestion looks more in a Laravel way, instead of doing require_once everywhere you want to use it.

parker_codes Over a year ago

In a roundabout way this solved my problem. I had created a new directory in App and I needed to add it to the classmap.

Saumini Navaratnam · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-25 07:32:41Z

2

I think the SpreadsheetReader is not defined in the namespace. You should call just new \SpreadsheetReader(...) or add use SpreadsheetReader and then call it new SpreadsheetReader()

answered Dec 25, 2016 at 7:32

Saumini Navaratnam

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