How to use class in Controller in Laravel

Question

I had created a class Payment.php in the app directory of my laravel project, and I'm trying to use it in my HomeController.php controller . I had imported my payment class by using use App\Payment;statement, but it shows the following error

Symfony \ Component \ Debug \ Exception \ FatalThrowableError (E_ERROR) Class 'App\Payment' not found

app\http\controllers\ HomeController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Payment;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    public function index(){
        $payment = new Payment();
    }

}

app\ Payment.php

<?php
    class Payment {
        private $url;
        private $salt;
        private $params = array();

        public function __construct ( $salt, $env = 'test' )
        {
            $this->salt = $salt;
            switch ( $env ) {
            case 'test' :
                $this->url="https://testpay.easebuzz.in/";
                break;
            case 'prod' :
                $this->url = 'https://pay.easebuzz.in/';
                break;
            default :
                $this->url="https://testpay.easebuzz.in/";
            }
        }
    }

Generally model class are imported in the way you have used, but for custom class you need namespace as @AmitMerchant has said. — Sagar Gautam
– Sagar Gautam, Commented Mar 7, 2018 at 6:24
have a look on this : laracasts.com/discuss/channels/general-discussion/… — Jigar Shah
– Jigar Shah, Commented Mar 7, 2018 at 6:24

Shobi · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-07 06:29:48Z

2

You have to namespace the class. when you are adding a class which has to be imported by a namespace in some other class you should specify the namespace in the class declaration file.

App\Payment.php

<?php
    namespace App;

    class Payment {
        private $url;
        private $salt;
        private $params = array();

        ...
    }

edited Mar 7, 2018 at 6:29

answered Mar 7, 2018 at 6:24

Shobi

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2 Comments

Jigar Shah Over a year ago

You should at least add some explanation for your answer. also no need to copy whole code for just a single line update.

Shobi Over a year ago

posted the answer and was trying to edit it thanks for the concern :)

Siva Ganesh · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-07 06:29:38Z

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First of all try to learn the use of namespace

Namespaces and use are not Laravel features. These are part of Core PHP's functionality and can be used just like any other constructs. namespaces basically group your functions, classes and constants under a particular 'name', which we call a namespace.

namespace myself;
function hello(){
  echo 'hai';
}

Now if you include the php file consisting of the above code, you will now be able to call the function hello() in the following manner:

<?php
require 'myself.php';
myself\hello();

answered Mar 7, 2018 at 6:29

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