Class Not Found Error in Laravel 5.1 - php

Question

Hey guys I'm trying to learn PHP frameworks as well as OOP and I'm using Laravel 5.1 LTS.
I have the following code in my AuthController
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Verification;
use Mail;
use App\User;
use Validator;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\ThrottlesLogins;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;
class AuthController extends Controller
{
use AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers, ThrottlesLogins;
private $redirectTo = '/home';
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout']);
}
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'name' => 'required|max:255',
'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:6',
]);
}
protected function create(array $data){
$user = User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
]);
// generate our UUID confirmation_code
mt_srand((double)microtime()*15000);//optional for php 4.2.0 and up.
$charid = strtoupper(md5(uniqid(rand(), true)));
$uuid = substr($charid, 0, 8)
.substr($charid, 8, 4)
.substr($charid,12, 4)
.substr($charid,16, 4)
.substr($charid,20,12);
$data['confirmation_code'] = $uuid;
// pass everything to the model here
$setVerification = new Verification();
$setVerification->setVerificationCode($data['email'], $data['confirmation_code']);
// send email for confirmation
Mail::send('email.test', $data, function ($m) use ($data){
$m->from('test#test.com', 'Your Application');
$m->to($data['email'])->subject('Thanks for register! Dont forget to confirm your email address');
});
return $user;
}
}
my error message Class 'Models\Verification' not found is coming from this piece of code here
// pass everything to the model here
$setVerification = new Verification();
$setVerification->setVerificationCode($data['email'], $data['confirmation_code']);
which looks right to my beginner's eyes, but it's clearly wrong.
Here is my Verification class that has the setVerificationCode method
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\User;
use DB;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class Verification {
/**
* This method will update the confirmation_code column with the UUID
* return boolean
**/
protected function setVerificationCode($email, $uuid) {
$this->email = $email;
$this->uuid = $uuid;
// check to see if $email & $uuid is set
if (isset($email) && isset($uuid)) {
DB::table('users')
->where('email', $email)
->update(['confirmation_code' => $uuid]);
return TRUE;
} else {
return FALSE;
}
}
/**
* This method will validate if the UUID sent in the email matches with the one stored in the DB
* return boolean
**/
protected function verifyConfirmationCode() {
}
}

Answer 1

Please give the following in AuthController
use App\Http\Controllers\Verification;
instead of
use App\Verification;
If we give use App\Verification , it will check if there is any model named Verification.

Answer 2

its seems that, you are missing something, which, Extend your Model with eloquent model
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Verification extends Model
{
and the rest is seems fine.
also share your verification model code
Updated
instead of your this line
use App\Verification;
do this
use App\Models\Verification;
as you created custom directory for your Models then its better to auto load it in your composer.json file. add this line "app/Models" in your "autoload" section. follow this
"autoload": {
"classmap": [
"database",
"app/Models"
],
and after that, run this command in your project repo composer dump-autoload