ErrorException Argument 1 passed to (Laravel 5.2)

Question

So i'm trying to "like" a status and when I do, I get this error in return

ErrorException in User.php line 107:
Argument 1 passed to SCM\User::hasLikedStatus() must be an instance of Status, instance of SCM\Status given, called in C:\xampp\htdocs\app\Http\Controllers\StatusController.php on line 66 and defined

When I remove "use Status;" from my User.php the function works and it updated my database with the like ID. Could this be because I linked my status's public function like "SCM\\Status"?

Routes.php

<?php

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Routes File
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you will register all of the routes in an application.
| It's a breeze. Simply tell Laravel the URIs it should respond to
| and give it the controller to call when that URI is requested.
|
*/


/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This route group applies the "web" middleware group to every route
| it contains. The "web" middleware group is defined in your HTTP
| kernel and includes session state, CSRF protection, and more.
|
*/

Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
    Route::get('/login', function () {
    return view('auth/login');
});
    Route::get('/register', function () {
    return view('auth/login');
});
    /**
    *User Profile
    */

    Route::get('/user/{username}', [
        'as' => 'profile.index', 'uses' => 'ProfileController@getProfile'
]);
    Route::get('/profile/edit', [
        'uses' => 'ProfileController@getEdit', 'as' => 'profile.edit', 'middleware' => ['auth'],
]);

    Route::post('/profile/edit', [
        'uses' => 'ProfileController@postEdit', 'middleware' => ['auth'],
]);

    Route::get('/settings', [
        'uses' => 'ProfileController@getEdit', 'as' => 'layouts.-settings', 'middleware' => ['auth'],
]);

    Route::post('/settings', [
        'uses' => 'ProfileController@postEdit', 'middleware' => ['auth'],
]);
    /**
    * Friends
    */

    Route::get('/friends', [
        'uses' => 'FriendController@getIndex', 'as' => 'friend.index', 'middleware' => ['auth'],
]);

    Route::get('/friends/add/{username}', [
        'uses' => 'FriendController@getAdd', 'as' => 'friend.add', 'middleware' => ['auth'],
]);
    Route::get('/friends/accept/{username}', [
        'uses' => 'FriendController@getAccept', 'as' => 'friend.accept', 'middleware' => ['auth'],
]);
    /**
    * Statuses
    */

Route::post('/status', [
    'uses' => 'StatusController@postStatus', 'as' => 'status.post', 'middleware' => ['auth'],

]);

Route::post('/status/{statusId}/reply', [
    'uses' => 'StatusController@postReply', 'as' => 'status.reply', 'middleware' => ['auth'],

]);

Route::get('/status/{statusId}/like', [
    'uses' => 'StatusController@getLike', 'as' => 'status.like', 'middleware' => ['auth'],

]);
});

Route::group(['middleware' => 'web'], function () {
    Route::auth();

    Route::get('/', [
    'as' => 'welcome', 'uses' => 'WelcomeController@index'
]);

    Route::get('/profile', function () {
    return view('layouts/-profile');
});

    Route::get('profile/{username}', function () {
    return view('layouts/-profile');
});




    Route::get('/home', 'HomeController@index');
});

/**
* Search
*/
Route::get('/search', [
    'as' => 'search.results', 'uses' => 'SearchController@getResults'
]);

User.php (model)

<?php

namespace SCM;

use Status;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'username', 'email', 'password',
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'password', 'remember_token',
    ];

    protected $primaryKey = 'id';

    public function getAvatarUrl()
    {
        return "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/{{ md5 ($this->email)}}?d=mm&s=40 ";
    }

    public function statuses()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('SCM\Status', 'user_id');
    }

    public function likes()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('SCM\Like', 'user_id');
    }

    public function friendsOfMine()
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany('SCM\User', 'friends', 'user_id', 'friend_id');
    }

    public function friendOf()
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany('SCM\User', 'friends', 'friend_id', 'user_id');
    }

    public function friends()
    {
        return $this->friendsOfMine()->wherePivot('accepted', true)->get()->
            merge($this->friendOf()->wherePivot('accepted', true)->get());
    }

    public function friendRequests()
    {
        return $this->friendsOfMine()->wherePivot('accepted', false)->get();

    }

    public function friendRequestsPending()
    {
        return $this->friendOf()->wherePivot('accepted', false)->get();

    }

    public function hasFriendRequestPending(User $user)
    {
        return (bool) $this->friendRequestsPending()->where('id', $user->id)->count();

    }

    public function hasFriendRequestReceived(User $user)
    {
        return (bool) $this->friendRequests()->where('id', $user->id)->count();

    }

    public function addFriend(User $user)
    {
        $this->friendOf()->attach($user->id);

    }

    public function acceptFriendRequest(User $user)
    {
        $this->friendRequests()->where('id', $user->id)->first()->pivot->update([

            'accepted' => true,

        ]);

    }

    public function isFriendsWith(User $user)

    {
        return (bool) $this->friends()->where('id', $user->id)->count();
    }

    public function hasLikedStatus(Status $status)
    {
        return (bool) $status->likes
        ->where('likeable_id', $status->id)
        ->where('likeable_type', get_class($status))
        ->where('user_id', $this->id)
        ->count();
    }
}

Status.php (model)

<?php

namespace SCM;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Status extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'statuses';

    protected $fillable = [
        'body'
    ];

    public function user()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo('SCM\User', 'user_id');
    }

    public function scopeNotReply($query)
    {
        return $query->whereNull('parent_id');
    }

    public function replies()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('SCM\Status', 'parent_id');
    }

    public function likes()
    {
        return $this->morphMany('SCM\Like', 'likeable');
    }
}

Likes.php (model)

<?php

namespace SCM;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Like extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'likeable';

    public function likeable()
    {
        return $this->morphTo();
    }

    public function user ()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo('SCM\User', 'user_id');
    }
}

StatusController.php

<?php

namespace SCM\Http\Controllers;

use Flash;
use Auth;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use SCM\User;
use SCM\Status;

class StatusController extends Controller
{
    public function postStatus(Request $request)
    {
        $this->validate($request, [
            'status' => 'required|max:1000',
        ]);

        Auth::user()->statuses()->create([
            'body' => $request->input('status'),
        ]);

        return redirect()->route('welcome')->with('info', 'Status posted.');
    }

    public function postReply(Request $request, $statusId)
    {
        $this->validate($request, [
                "reply-{$statusId}" => 'required|max:1000',
        ], [
            'required' => 'The reply body is required.'
        ]);

        $status = Status::notReply()->find($statusId);

        if (!$status) {
            return redirect()->route('welcome');
        }

        if (!Auth::user()->isFriendsWith($status->user) && Auth::user()->id !==
            $status->user->id) {
            return redirect()->route('welcome');

        }

        $reply = Status::create([
            'body' => $request->input("reply-{$statusId}"),
        ])->user()->associate(Auth::user());

        $status->replies()->save($reply);

        return redirect()->back();
    }

    public function getLike($statusId)
    {
        $status = Status::find($statusId);

        if (!$status) {
            return redirect()->route('welcome');
        }

        if (!Auth::user()->isFriendsWith($status->user)) {
            return redirect()->route('welcome');
        }

        if (Auth::user()->hasLikedStatus($status)) {
            return redirect()->back();
        }

        $like = $status->likes()->create([]);
        Auth::user()->likes()->save($like);

        return redirect()->back();
    }
}

Answer 1

Remove the use statement for Status in your Users.php . When you're doing that, you're actually trying to use \\Status . Your file is already in the namespace SCM , so you don't need any use statement to use classes in the same namespace.

So in your method definition you're saying you want an instance of \\Status as your parameter, but are passing in a SCM\\Status .