ReflectionException Class App\Http\Controllers\StaticPagesController#faq does not exist Laravel-5 - php

Question

I cloned this todstoychev/Laravel5Starter from Github and installed it.
After creating this StaticPagesController controller and updating my routes.php file. The controller does not seem to work. For some reason i keep getting the following error.
ReflectionException in ControllerInspector.php line 32:
Class App\Http\Controllers\StaticPagesController#faq does not exist
My routes.php file
<?php
// Admin routes
Route::group(['prefix' => 'admin', 'namespace' => 'Admin'], function () {
Route::controller('permissions', 'AdminPermissionsController');
Route::controller('settings', 'AdminSettingsController');
Route::controller('roles', 'AdminRolesController');
Route::controller('users', 'AdminUsersController');
Route::controller('/', 'AdminController');
});
// Public and user routes
Route::controller('contacts', 'ContactsController');
Route::controller('users', 'UsersController');
Route::controller('/', 'IndexController');
Route::controller('faq', 'StaticPagesController#faq');
My StaticPagesController.php file
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class StaticPagesController extends Controller
{
public function faq(){
return 'this is faq page';
}
}
I have tried composer update, php artisan acl:update, composer dumpautoload to no avail.
Please help me. Thanks

Answer 1

With this line:
Route::controller('faq', 'StaticPagesController#faq');
You are telling Laravel that the controller for faq shoule be StaticPagesController#faq. The Route::controller method sets an entire controller for a route, it does not specify a method to be used on that route, Laravel handles this internally. Take a look at your error to prove my point:
Class App\Http\Controllers\StaticPagesController#faq does not exist
It is looking for class StaticPagesController#faq not StaticPagesController as you are intending.
Unless you are building an API using REST, you should not use the controller method and instead specify your routes explicitly, i.e.
Route::get('faq', 'StaticPagesController#faq');
This will use the faq method on your controller when the user makes a GET request to the URI faq. If you insist on using the controller method, then remove the #faq from the second argument and you will be good, although I'm pretty sure Laravel expects the methods index, show, create, etc to be in your controller. I suggest taking a look at the Laravel 5 Fundamentals video course to help you get a better understanding.