How to add my own custom class in Laravel 5?

Question

Ok, in laravel 4, if I want to add my own custom class, eg : library\myFunction.php then I do the following steps :

add "myFunctions.php" into app/library/myFunctiosn.php
at app/start/global.php , within ClassLoader::addDirectories(array( , I add app_path().'/library',
And to call it within my blade view, I add the following codes

<?php
  $FmyFunctions1 = new myFunctions;
  $is_ok1=($FmyFunctions1->is_ok());   
?>

The contents of app/library/myFunctions.php is :

<?php namespace App\library {

    class myFunctions {
        public function is_ok() {
            return 'myFunction is OK';
        }
    }

}
?>

And it works.

But how to do so in Laravel 5 ???

PS : I read What are the best practices and best places for laravel 4 helpers or basic functions?

And tried to add "app/library/", to the autoload array and run composer dum-autoload , but it keeps give me error :

FatalErrorException in xxxx line xx: Class 'myFunctions' not found

I'm also already trying to use :

composer update
composer dump-autoload 
php artisan dump
php artisan clear-compiled
php artisan dump-autoload
php artisan optimize
php artisan route:clear
php artisan route:scan
php artisan route:list

But still doesn't work...

Try running composer dump-autoload instead

Richie
– Richie

2014-11-15 06:58:36 +00:00
Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 6:58 — Richie
– Richie, Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 6:58
already and doesn't work either

Galvion
– Galvion

2014-11-15 07:15:18 +00:00
Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 7:15 — Galvion
– Galvion, Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 7:15
use namespace autoloading in composer.json

itachi
– itachi

2014-11-15 09:49:46 +00:00
Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 9:49 — itachi
– itachi, Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 9:49
already and doesn't work...

Galvion
– Galvion

2014-11-15 19:58:01 +00:00
Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 19:58 — Galvion
– Galvion, Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 19:58

Tousif Ahmed · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-11 02:55:01Z

38

This should help you.

FYI: Basically, you could create another directory within app, and then namespace your files in there as appropriate:

app/CustomStuff/CustomDirectory/SomeClass.php.

Then, within your SomeClass.php, make sure you namespace it:

<?php 
namespace App\CustomStuff\CustomDirectory;

class Someclass {}

Now, you can access this class using the namespace within your classes:

use App\CustomStuff\CustomDirectory\SomeClass;

edited Jul 11, 2019 at 2:55

answered Jan 25, 2017 at 4:06

Tousif Ahmed

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2 Comments

user2511140 Over a year ago

Filename & Class name should have the same name.

z3d0 Over a year ago

This is right, but you also need to add the folder to composer.json as specified in Amit's answer here stackoverflow.com/questions/41319341/…

cyber-leech · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-28 09:31:49Z

10

After some trial and error, I found the answer.

There is no need to modify Composer. Just modify the Blade into:

<?php
  $FmyFunctions1 = new \App\library\myFunctions;
  $is_ok = ($FmyFunctions1->is_ok());
?>

edited Oct 28, 2019 at 9:31

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answered Nov 15, 2014 at 21:22

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