How to call function from another class Laravel

Question

I have payroll PayrollProcessController and PayrollHelper class in my Helpers folder.

here's my PayrollProcessController code :

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Http\Controllers\Base\MasterController;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Models\PayrollPeriod;
use App\Helpers\PayrollHelper;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\View\View;
use Yajra\Datatables\Datatables;

class PayrollProcessController extends MasterController
{
protected $indexView = 'payroll_process.index';
protected $detailView = 'payroll_process.detail';
protected $routeBindModel = 'payroll_process';
protected $redirectPageWhenFormSuccess = 'payroll_process.index'; //Route Name
protected $title = 'Payroll Process';

public function render(View $view, $route = null, $obj = null, $method = 'POST')
{
    $payrollPeriodName = PayrollPeriod::pluck('name','id');
    $view->with(compact('payrollPeriodName'));
    return parent::render($view, $route, $obj, $method);
}
}

and here's my PayrollHelper Code :

<?php

namespace App\Helpers;

use App\Helpers\Exceptions\ValidationException;
use App\Helpers\GeneralHelper;
use App\Models\Config;
use App\Models\Driver;
use App\Models\DriverPayable;
use App\Models\PayrollPeriod;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Exception;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

final class PayrollHelper {
public static function processPayroll(PayrollPeriod $payrollPeriod) 
{
    try {
        $drivers = Driver::where('active', true)->get();
        foreach ($drivers as $driver) {
            $payable = new DriverPayable;
            $payable->payrollPeriod()->associate($payrollPeriod);
            $payable->driver()->associate($driver);
            if (!$payable->save()) {
                throw new ValidationException($payable->errors());
            }
        }
    } catch (Exception $e) {
        Log::error($e);
        SessionHelper::setMessage('Unable to process payroll, Please contact system Administrator');
    } catch (ValidationException $e) {
        Log::info($e->errors);
        SessionHelper::setMessage($e->errors);
    }
}
}
?>

how to call the processPayroll function ?

Any help will be appreciated

Answer 1

Try this.. Use helper in your controller

use App\Helpers\PayrollHelper;

This is your controller constructor

public function __construct(PayrollHelper $payroll_helper)
{
  parent::__construct();
  $this->payroll_helper = $payroll_helper;
}

Call method like this

$this->payroll_helper->processPayroll();

Updated Your controller look like this

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Http\Controllers\Base\MasterController;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Models\PayrollPeriod;
use App\Helpers\PayrollHelper;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\View\View;
use Yajra\Datatables\Datatables;

class PayrollProcessController extends MasterController
{
  protected $indexView = 'payroll_process.index';
  protected $detailView = 'payroll_process.detail';
  protected $routeBindModel = 'payroll_process';
  protected $redirectPageWhenFormSuccess = 'payroll_process.index'; //Route Name
  protected $title = 'Payroll Process';

  public function __construct(PayrollHelper $payroll_helper)
  {
    parent::__construct();
    $this->payroll_helper = $payroll_helper;
  }

  public function render(View $view, $route = null, $obj = null, $method = 'POST')
  {
    $payrollPeriodName = PayrollPeriod::pluck('name','id');
    $view->with(compact('payrollPeriodName'));

    //Use where you want
    $this->payroll_helper->processPayroll();

    return parent::render($view, $route, $obj, $method);
  }
}

Answer 2

I just want to share what I have done, Don't know yet the side effects of this but we'll,

Use helper in your controller

use App\Helpers\PayrollHelper;

And inside the function that is good to consume one of the functions inside Payroll helper, do

$payrollhelper = new PayrollHelper();

Then call any function within the helper doing

$payrollhelper->funtion_name()...

This worked for me

Answer 3

Here is the example how you can apply your class in that way

1. Import the controller class

use App\Http\Controllers\CategoryController;

2. Create an instance of this class

$category_instance = new CategoryController();

3. Call the method

$category_instance->convert_json_serial_numbers_to_arrays($serial_number);