Laravel namespacing routes - php

Question

I have controllers in different folder than Laravel native App\Http\Controllers. I am using a custom Lib\MyApp folder which has modules inside. Each module has its own controllers, models etc. I added to composer.json autoloading to app\lib.
What I did is change RouteServiceProvider namespace:
protected $namespace = 'App\Lib\MyApp';
I did a composer dump-autoload after everything.
Inside MyApp is a Landing\Controller folder with actual controller class inside.
Try 1 (ideal):
I would like to call my route like this:
Route::get('/', 'Landing\Controller\LandingController#index');
But this way I am getting a ReflectionException that the class is not found even though
Try 2:
Route::get('/', '\Landing\Controller\LandingController#index');
Trailing slash gets rid of the namespace part when I refresh the page, and class is still said not to exist.
Try 3:
Route::get('/', 'MyApp\Landing\Controller\LandingController#index');
This just duplicates MyApp folder, and class is not found as expected.
Try 4 (working, but don't want it like that)
Route::get('/', '\MyApp\Landing\Controller\LandingController#index');
This works fine, although I would like to get rid of the \MyApp\ part.
Is something like this possible?

Answer 1

You can use the namespace in the routes for that purpose :
Route::namespace('Landing\Controller')->group(function () {
Route::get('/', 'LandingController#index');
// + other routes in the same namespace
});
And dont forget to add the namespace to the controllers :
<?php namespace App\Lib\MyApp\Landing\Controller;
PS : in the case where the Lib is inside the App folder there is no need to add a thing in the composer file, because the App folder is registred in the psr-4 and with this it will load all the files within this namespase for you.

Answer 2

There are many ways to add the namespace in Laravel
Route::group(['prefix' => 'prefix','namespace'=>'Admin'], function () {
// your routes with"App\Http\Controllers\Admin" Namespace
});
Route::namespace('Admin')->group(function () {
// your routes with"App\Http\Controllers\Admin" Namespace
});
//single route
Route::namespace('Admin')->get('/todo', 'TaskController#index');
//single route
Route::get('/todo', 'Admin/TaskController#index');
// by ->namespace
Route::prefix('admin')->namespace('Admin')->group(function () {
// route code
});

Answer 3

For "laravel 8"
Here I have given an example with both namespace and prefix but you can also use any one according to your requirement.
I created Controller in Controllers dir with command
php artisan make:controller Admin/StoriesController
Route::namespace('Admin')->prefix('admin')->group(function(){
Route::get('/deleted_stories',
'\App\Http\Controllers\Admin\StoriesController#index')->name
('admin.stories.index');
});