Save data into database in Laravel 5 - php

Question

First
I wrote a migration script.
Second
I run the php artisan migrate to migrate the table into my database.
Database
Now, I have a subscribes table in my database.
It has 2 fields : id, and email.
Route
Route::post('/subscribe', array('as' =>'subscribe','uses'=>'AccountController#postSubscribe'));
Model
<?php namespace App;
use Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Subscribe extends Model {
protected $table = 'subscribes';
//Validation Rules and Validator Function
public static function validator($input){
$rules = array(
'email' =>'required|email'
);
return Validator::make($input,$rules);
}
}
Controller
<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Input, Validator, Auth, Redirect;
class AccountController extends Controller {
public function postSubscribe() {
$subscribe = new Subscribe; <-------- Line#46 (BUG HERE)
$subscribe->email = Input::get('email');
$subscribe->save();
dd("Hi");
return Redirect::to('/')
->with('success','You have been successfully subscribe to us.');
}
}
?>
Error
Questions
Why can't I do $subscribe = new Subscribe;?
What is the best practice to insert data into database using Laravel 5 ?
Update
Thanks to #Mark Baker.
It seems that I have an issue with my namespace.
This namspacing is a bit confusing to me right now.
Can someone please clarify or explain that a bit ?
Anything is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Here is a high level overview of how namespaces work in PHP to try and help you understand this and give you a solution to your problem.
<?php
// This is the namespace of this file, as Laravel 5 uses PSR-4 and the
// App namespace is mapped to the folder 'app' the folder structure is
// app/Http/Controllers
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
// Use statements. You can include classes you wish to use without having
// to reference them by namespace when you use them further on in this
// namespaces scope.
use App\Subscribe;
class MyController extends BaseController
{
public function postSubscribe()
{
// You can now use the Subscribe model without its namespace
// as you referenced it by its namespace in a use statement.
$subscribe = new Subscribe();
// If you want to use a class that is not referenced in a use
// statement then you must reference it by its full namespace.
$otherModel = new \App\Models\Other\Namespace\OtherModel();
// Note the prefixed \ to App. This denotes that PHP should get this
// class from the root namespace. If you leave this off, you will
// reference a namespace relative to the current namespace.
}
}

Answer 2

You can try this, Simply use it :
$subscribe = new App\Subscribe;

Answer 3

Use App\Subscribe;.
Then you can use $subscribe = new Subscribe; in your code.