PHP Laravel: Trait not found - php

Question

I have some trouble with namespace and use.
I get this error: "Trait 'Billing\BillingInterface' not found"
These are the files in my Laravel application:
Billing.php
namespace Billing\BillingInterface;
interface BillingInterface
{
public function charge($data);
public function subscribe($data);
public function cancel($data);
public function resume($data);
}
PaymentController.php
use Billing\BillingInterface;
class PaymentsController extends BaseController
{
use BillingInterface;
public function __construct(BillingPlatform $BillingProvider)
{
$this->BillingProvider = $BillingProvider;
}
}
How to i use use and namespace properly?

Answer 1

BillingInterface is an interface not a trait. Thus it can't find the non existent trait
Also you have an interface called BillingInterface in a namespace called Billing\BillingInterface, the fully qualified name of the interface is: \Billing\BillingInterface\BillingInterface
Perhaps you mean
use Billing\BillingInterface\BillingInterface;
// I am not sure what namespace BillingPlatform is in,
// just assuming it's in Billing.
use Billing\BillingPlatform;
class PaymentsController extends BaseController implements BillingInterface
{
public function __construct(BillingPlatform $BillingProvider)
{
$this->BillingProvider = $BillingProvider;
}
// Implement BillingInterface methods
}
Or to use it as a trait.
namespace Billing;
trait BillingTrait
{
public function charge($data) { /* ... */ }
public function subscribe($data) { /* ... */ }
public function cancel($data) { /* ... */ }
public function resume($data) { /* ... */ }
}
Again the modified PaymentsController, but with fully qualifies names.
class PaymentsController extends BaseController
{
// use the fully qualified name
use \Billing\BillingTrait;
// I am not sure what namespace BillingPlatform is in,
// just assuming it's in billing.
public function __construct(
\Billing\BillingPlatform $BillingProvider
) {
$this->BillingProvider = $BillingProvider;
}
}