Laravel can't find service

Question

I managed to create custom validation rule following: http://www.sitepoint.com/data-validation-laravel-right-way-custom-validators/
My only problem is that in laravel 5 there is new file structure. It should be:
in <?php namespace App\\Providers; ValidationExtensionServiceProvider.php
in <?php namespace App\\Services; ValidatorExtended.php
But laravel cant find my ValidatorExtended.php if its not in App\\Providers. Error:

FatalErrorException in ValidationExtensionServiceProvider.php line 11: Class 'App\Providers\ValidatorExtended' not found

How do I tell laravel, to look in App\\Services, not in App\\Providers?

ValidatorExtended.php:

<?php namespace App\Services;

use Illuminate\Validation\Validator as IlluminateValidator;

class ValidatorExtended extends IlluminateValidator {

    private $_custom_messages = array(
        ....
    );

    public function __construct( $translator, $data, $rules, $messages = array(), $customAttributes = array() ) 
    {
         parent::__construct( $translator, $data, $rules, $messages, $customAttributes);

         $this->_set_custom_stuff();
    } 

     ....



}

ValidationExtensionServiceProvider.php:

<?php namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ValidationExtensionServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {

     public function register() {}

     public function boot() {
          $this->app->validator->resolver( function( $translator, $data, $rules, $messages = array(), $customAttributes = array() ) {
              return new ValidatorExtended( $translator, $data, $rules, $messages, $customAttributes );
          }
     } 

}

Answer 1

You need to specify the namespace of your ValidatorExtended accessor:

<?php namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class ValidationExtensionServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {

     public function register() {}

     public function boot() {
          $this->app->validator->resolver( function( $translator, $data, $rules, $messages = array(), $customAttributes = array() ) {
              return new App\Services\ValidatorExtended( $translator, $data, $rules, $messages, $customAttributes );
          }
     } 
}

or add a use statement at the top of your file:

<?php namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use App\Services\ValidatorExtended;

class ValidationExtensionServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {

     public function register() {}

     public function boot() {
          $this->app->validator->resolver( function( $translator, $data, $rules, $messages = array(), $customAttributes = array() ) {
              return new ValidatorExtended( $translator, $data, $rules, $messages, $customAttributes );
          }
     } 
}