Laravel 4 - Using Eloquent Models in a custom library class

Question

I made a library class that I am using for some common functions not provided by Laravel. It's been loaded into /config/app.php under the 'aliases' array, so that shouldn't be the problem.

When I call a method from my class ("InfoParse"), my conroller returns a blank page. I think this has to do with the fact that I'm calling a method from the library which uses Eloquent to interface with the database. I tried adding

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

to the top of the file, but that didn't help either.

Is there a specific way I should be setting up my class file so I can use either the DB:: class or Eloquent class?

Below is the function in question:

    /**
    * Check to see if this student is already recorded in our student table.
    * If not, add the entry, then return true. 
    * @param int $cwid
    * @return boolean
    */
    public static function checkStudentTableRecords($cwid)
    {
        if(Student::where('cwid', '=', $cwid)->count() != 0)
        {
            return TRUE;
        }
        else 
        {   ##insert the student into our student table
            $studentInfo = self::queryInfoFromCWID($cwid);

            $studentEntry = new Student;
                $studentEntry->cwid = $cwid;
                $studentEntry->fName = $studentInfo['fName'];
                $studentEntry->lName = $studentInfo['lName'];
                $studentEntry->email = $studentInfo['email'];
            $studentEntry->save();

            return TRUE;
        }
    }

(note: the self::queryInfoFromCWID() function is calling a function defined earlier in the class)

dsgunter · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-18 18:06:47Z

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After some investigation, it turns out I need to format my Eloquent Model calls like this:

if(\Student::where('cwid', '=', $cwid)->count() != 0)

...

$studentEntry = new \Student;

The backslash is necessary to avoid namespace collision within the Laravel4 application.

answered Dec 18, 2013 at 18:06

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The Alpha Over a year ago

Actually \` at the beginning indicates global/root namespace.

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