How to add a class alias in Laravel

Question

I added this MailChimp API to Laravel 4 with Composer and I am able to use this API like so:

$MailChimp = new \Drewm\MailChimp();

How can I create an instance of MailChimp() without the path like this:

$MailChimp = new MailChimp();

egig · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-26 13:23:46Z

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You can manually add an alias to config/app.php:

'aliases' => array(
    //other laravel alias

    'MailChimp' => 'Drewm\MailChimp'
 );

Now you can use MailChimp anywhere in laravel app.

answered Apr 26, 2014 at 13:09

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Evert · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25 22:56:36Z

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You can "use" it on the top of your php source file.

use Drewm\MailChimp;

$MailChimp = new MailChimp();

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answered Apr 25, 2014 at 22:38

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This works and is a great PHP solution. However, for Laravel projects, I prefer the solution from egig.

raveren · Accepted Answer · 2025-01-03 11:21:49Z

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I would strongly suggest to not rely on the no-longer-documented Laravel feature and just use the PHP native way if you must have this:

if (! class_exists('Setting')) { // in case the same php process is reused
     class_alias(\App\Facades\Setting::class, 'Setting');
}

This is what Laravel was using under the hood either way - and your IDE will immediately recognize it.

answered Jan 3 at 11:21

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