Laravel 5.1 - Retrieving single Models using string instead of the name of the model

Question

Sorry for title. I don't know what to write. This is my problem: If i write this is all ok:

  $obj_license = License::where('licenses.company_id',$company->id)->first();

But this throw an error:

 $license='License';
 $obj_license = $license::where('licenses.company_id',$company->id)->first();

ERROR: Class 'Butchery_license' not found

This is just an example. I really need to have the second way working. There is a solution?

Alexey Mezenin · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-24 22:14:23Z

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Try to use full path to a class:

$license='App\License';
$obj_license = $license::where('licenses.company_id',$company->id)->first();

answered Feb 24, 2016 at 22:14

Alexey Mezenin

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Right! BUt i do not understand why :|

I'm not PHP guru, I just know that sometimes you should use full path or aliases (use ... as ...) to make it work. So it works now?

Yep, but this works without full path. $obj_license = License::where('licenses.company_id',$company->id)->first(); ..THX :)