Laravel start function not calling from inside a namespace

Question

So I'm writing a Laravel 4 app and I've setup namespaces. I'm just trying to write some systemwide functionality that I can execute from anywhere mainly to create menus/setup language/currencies etc.

I have directory to global called "library" which has currently a file called Menu.php inside it which looks as follows:

    <?php

namespace Library;

use AppName\Model\Menu as MenuModel;

class Menu {

    public static function BuildMenu($id = 1) {

        //retrieve menu
        $menu = MenuModel::GetMenu($id);

        //sort content for page
        $data = $menu->toArray();
        print_r($data);
    }

}

I am currently attempting to call the BuildMenu function in the filters.php file with the following:

App::before(function($request)
{
    //
    View::share('Menu', Library\Menu::BuildMenu());
});

I get a class 'Library\\Menu' not found error from laravel. I'm presuming this is something to do with my lack of knowledge of namespaces so any clarity would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Did you add your library path to composer.json ?

if not, just add it to autoload > classmap >> app/library

and run artisan dump-autoload

should be fine.