FatalThrowableError Class 'App\Models\Patient' not found in laravel 5.4 - php

Question

I have created a model by using the command php artisan make:model Patient. The command creates a model named Patient in the app folder.
In Model Patient:
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Patient extends Model
{
//
public function getPurchaseOrder(){
return "Hello World";
}
}
In Controller PatientController:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
class PatientController extends Controller
{
protected $patientModel;
public function __construct(Request $request, PatientInterface $patient)
{
parent::__construct($request);
$this->patientModel = new \App\Patient();
}
public function test(){
echo $this->patientModel->getPurchaseOrder();
}
}
It's working fine. The problem is when I create a folder named Models inside the app folder and move Patient model then call the model function it gives an error:
FatalThrowableError Class 'App\Models\Patient' not found
Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

When you move a class to a different directory, for it to be loaded by composer with the PSR-4 standard, you must also update the class' namespace to match.
namespace App\Models;
In addition, when you run the make command, you can include a namespace in that to automatically put it in the directory with the correct namespace:
php artisan make:model Models\\Patient