Laravel: Eloquent / Tinker Class not found

Question

I'm trying to get data in a relationship with tinker. I get an error that says Class 'App\\Date' not found. I think cause I am not using the right code, but I have no idea what code I need.

I have 2 models:

Contact (app\\Models\\Contact.php)
Date (app\\Models\\Date.php)

Contact

public function dates(){
   return $this->hasMany(Date::class);
}

Tinker

php artisan tinker

$test = App\Models\Contact::find(516);

$test returns a user.
If I uses $test->dates after that I get an error saying this:

[Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException]Class 'App\Date' not found

Answer 1

$test->dates is most likely a relationship. In that relation, it's failing to find the class used in the relationship.

public function dates(){
   return $this->hasMany('App\Models\Date');
}

Answer 2

Make sure you're using correct namespace in the Date.php , it should be namespace App\\Models; and not namespace App;