I have added the line use App\Post; in the header of my PostController class.
When I try $post = new App\Post; in a controller method, I get the following error message
Class 'App\Http\Controllers\App\Post' not found
What are some possibilities for why I am getting this error message?
Since you already included the Post class, you don't have to reference the path again.
$post = new Post();
This should work.
u can use facades..
$post = Post::all(); << return all row
I am assuming you used artisan to generate the Model. You may use eloquent as:
use App\Post as Post;
...
$post = Post::all();
The reason you are not able to access the model via App\Post is because the file you are attempting to do this in already has a namespace, shown in the error: App\Http\Controllers\App\Post, which implies the namespace of the file is App\Http\Controllers.
Since you are not referencing the model with an absolute namespace (\ at the beginning), PHP is looking for that class relative to the current namespace.
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
...
$post = App\Post::find(1); // App\Http\Controllers\App\Post
$post = \App\Post::find(1); // App\Post
That explains the error. However, as mentioned by others, you have already used the model in your file and can access it simply with Post.
$post = Post::find(1);
$post = new Post();