Getting: Error Class 'Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\users' not found - php

Question

First of all I want to say that I tried similar problems with solutions which I found on Stack Overflow.
I just migrated fresh and the problem started... Tried composer update and composer dump-autoload and npm update vue-loader did not help.
It seems that something is wrong with users model, but I can't figure out what is wrong.
users model:
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\users as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens;
class users extends Authenticatable
{
use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var string[]
*/
protected $fillable = [
'first_name',
'last_name',
'username',
'password',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for serialization.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password',
'remember_token',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be cast.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $casts = [
'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
];
}
Controller:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
use App\Models\users;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
class RegisterController extends Controller
{
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Register Controller
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This controller handles the registration of new users as well as their
| validation and creation. By default this controller uses a trait to
| provide this functionality without requiring any additional code.
|
*/
use RegistersUsers;
/**
* Where to redirect users after registration.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $redirectTo = RouteServiceProvider::HOME;
/**
* Create a new controller instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest');
}
/**
* Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
*/
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'first_name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
'last_name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
'username' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8', 'confirmed'],
]);
}
/**
* Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \App\Models\users
*/
protected function create(array $data)
{
return users::create([
'first_name' => $data['first_name'],
'last_name' => $data['last_name'],
'username' => $data['username'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
]);
}
}

Answer 1

Replace use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\users as Authenticatable to use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable in the User model.
Because there is no users class in Auth.
Let me know its solves your issue or not.