Laravel - Model Class not found

Question

When starting to work with models I got the following error

Class Post not found`.

All I did:
- Created a Model with the command php artisan make:model
- Tried to get all entries from table posts with echo Post::all()

I used the following code:

router.php

Route::get('/posts', function(){
    $results = Post::all();
    return $results;
});

Post.php

<?php 
namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Post extends Model {
    protected $table = 'posts';    
}

What I tried
- Renaming Class
- Dump-autoload (Laravel 4 Model class not found)

Dan Smith · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-05 20:07:01Z

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Laravel 5 promotes the use of namespaces for things like Models and Controllers. Your Model is under the App namespace, so your code needs to call it like this:

Route::get('/posts', function(){

        $results = \App\Post::all();
        return $results;
});

As mentioned in the comments you can also use or import a namespace in to a file so you don't need to quote the full path, like this:

use App\Post;

Route::get('/posts', function(){

        $results = Post::all();
        return $results;
});

While I'm doing a short primer on namespaces I might as well mention the ability to alias a class as well. Doing this means you can essentially rename your class just in the scope of one file, like this:

use App\Post as PostModel;

Route::get('/posts', function(){

        $results = PostModel::all();
        return $results;
});

More info on importing and aliasing namespaces here: http://php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.importing.php

edited Feb 5, 2015 at 20:07

answered Feb 5, 2015 at 17:28

Dan Smith

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5 Comments

Sylnois Over a year ago

Ouh wow, it worked. Thanks a lot. Another question: I want to create 5 Models. User, Post, UserSettings, PostVote, PostComment. Should I put them all under the App namespace?

Dan Smith Over a year ago

Sure! In fact, you can put them under any namespace that makes sense to you - there aren't many limits. It's important that all models are under the same namespace though. (Actually they don't HAVE to be but it makes it easier if you're just getting started with them)

Sylnois Over a year ago

And there is no chance to use shorted Post::all(); instead of \App\Post::all() all the time?

Dan Smith Over a year ago

Sure, two ways. You can remove the namespace App; bit from your model thus bringing it back in to a global scope, which is fine but namespaces are very useful in modern development and it's worth using them. The other way is to use (import) a namespace in to your file so you don't have to use the full path each time, like the use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; call in your model, for example. I'll update my answer to include that as an option.

Sylnois Over a year ago

Well then, you already gave me the answer I needed. I will try to learn how to use namespaces. :)

jlbang · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-01 23:59:38Z

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I was having the same "Class [class name] not found" error message, but it wasn't a namespace issue. All my namespaces were set up correctly. I even tried composer dump-autoload and it didn't help me.

Surprisingly (to me) I then did composer dump-autoload -o which according to Composer's help, "optimizes PSR0 and PSR4 packages to be loaded with classmaps too, good for production." Somehow doing it that way got composer to behave and include the class correctly in the autoload_classmap.php file.

answered Feb 1, 2016 at 23:59

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Dario Rusignuolo · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-18 11:06:43Z

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I had the same error in Laravel 5.2, turns out the namespace is incorrect in the model class definition.

I created my model using the command:

php artisan make:model myModel

By default, Laravel 5 creates the model under App folder, but if you were to move the model to another folder like I did, you must change the the namespace inside the model definition too:

namespace App\ModelFolder;

To include the folder name when creating the model you could use (don't forget to use double back slashes):

php artisan make:model ModelFolder\\myModel

edited Jan 18, 2018 at 11:06

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answered Mar 31, 2016 at 1:26

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AKA · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-13 12:12:48Z

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I had this same issue but it just turns out that composer creates a separate Models folder for Laravel 8.*, so instead of

use App\Post;

I had to write:

use App\Models\Post;

answered Dec 13, 2021 at 12:12

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Anthony Kal Over a year ago

works well with laravel 9

DragonFire · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-27 03:52:53Z

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For me it was really silly I had created a ModelClass file without the .php extension. So calling that was giving model not found. So check the extension has .php

answered Dec 27, 2019 at 3:52

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Christophe Maillot · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-12 21:14:03Z

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I had the same issue. It turned out my Post model was in a php file whose name was not Post.php

=> the filename must match the name of your class (Post class in Post.php file)

answered Feb 12, 2022 at 21:14

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Erich Meissner · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-27 16:33:41Z

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Make sure to be careful when editing your model file. For example, in your post model:

<?php 
namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Post extends Model {
    protected $table = 'posts';    
}

You need to pay close attention to the class Post extend Model line. The class Post defined here will be your namespace for your controller.

answered Mar 27, 2019 at 16:33

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Sheetal Mehra · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-30 11:11:14Z

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In your router.php file, you should use the model class like this

 use App\Models\Post;

and use the model class like this.

Route::get('/posts', function() {

        $results = Post::all();
        return $results; });

edited May 30, 2022 at 11:11

answered May 15, 2019 at 4:45

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AnasSafi · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-21 14:08:53Z

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One reason for Class not found error is case sensitive of characters, so if namespace is namespace App\Model;, if you call it like App\model\User here error Class not found will shown due model != Model in name space.

answered Feb 21, 2023 at 14:08

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Igor · Accepted Answer · 2023-03-28 12:23:25Z

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If you using OPCache, maybe in some reason your classes are not indexed in OPCache, so you have to reindex the ones by restarting PHP (example below is for PHP 8.1 FPM on Nginx and Ubuntu).

sudo service php8.1-fpm restart

answered Mar 28, 2023 at 12:23

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Dmitry · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-05 17:31:08Z

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As @bulk said, it uses namespaces.

I recommend you to start using an IDE, it will suggest you to import all the required namespaces (\App\Post in this case).

answered Feb 5, 2015 at 17:31

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milo526 · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-14 21:42:13Z

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If after changing the namespace and the config/auth.php it still fails, you could try the following:

In the file vendor/composer/autoload_classmap.php change the line App\\User' => $baseDir . '/app/User.php',, to App\\Models\\User' => $baseDir . '/app/Models/User.php',
At the beginning of the file app/Services/Registrar.php change "use App\User" to "App\Models\User"

edited Aug 14, 2017 at 21:42

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answered Apr 13, 2015 at 22:06

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milo526 Over a year ago

This is a very specific answer (only works for the default user, not general classes). Furthermore changing vendor files is a really bad idea since your changes will break when updating the framework.

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