Target class [App\Http\Controllers\Admin\Category\CategoryController] does not exist

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I am getting really confused on how namespace and use are being used here to reference my CategoryController. I am using laravel 8. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

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My route uses resource and that seems to be ok. web.php:

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin\Category;
Route::get('/admin/categories', [CategoryController::class, 'category'])->name('categories');

My Category Controller is App\Http\Controllers\Admin\Category\CategoryController.php as shown here is my folder structure:

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CategoryController.php:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class CategoryController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('auth:admin');
    }

    public function category(){
        echo "Hello Category";
    }

}

Peppermintology · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-18 17:57:47Z

5

Your namespaces should mimic your directory structure. So if you have a CategoryController.php file that resides in the folder app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Category, then the namespace for that file would be namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin\Category;

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin\Category;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class CategoryController extends Controller
{
    // stuff
}

When referencing classes, you include the relevant namespace with the use statement.

So in your web.php file you want to replace:

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin\Category;

with:

use App\Http\Controllers\Admin\Category\CategoryController;

answered Jan 18, 2021 at 17:57

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