How to use controller outside folder App\Http\Controllers in Laravel?

Question

I have a controller WebController at folder App\\Web\\Controllers\\WebController.

WebController

<?php namespace App\Web\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class WebController extends Controller
{
    public index(){
        return view('layouts.master');
    }
}

Route

Route::get('home_page','WebController@index');

When i call this route, the following error appears:

Class App\\Http\\Controllers\\WebController does not exist

Answer 1

It has to do with the routing system.

in App\\Providers\\RouteServiceProvider.php you will find the map() method:

/**
     * Define the routes for the application.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function map()
    {
        $this->mapWebRoutes();
        $this->mapApiRoutes();
    }

Down that class you will find the definition for the namespace of "Web Routes"

/**
 * Define the "web" routes for the application.
 *
 * These routes all receive session state, CSRF protection, etc.
 *
 * @return void
 */
protected function mapWebRoutes()
{
    Route::middleware('web')
         ->namespace($this->namespace) // 'App\Http\Controllers'
         ->group(base_path('routes/web.php'));
}

Now you just need to change the namespace() attribute to your liking

protected function mapWebRoutes()
{
    Route::middleware('web')
         ->namespace('App\Web\Controllers')
         ->group(base_path('routes/web.php'));
}

Answer 2

class WebController extends **Controller**

There is a problem with this relationship. You have to import controller into this file. You are missing

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller

Also, you route is wrong. Try this

Route::namespace('your namespace here')->group(function () { 
   Route::get('/', 'your-controller-here@your-method'); 
 });

Do not change the configuration of the routeserviceprovider

Answer 3

You change default namespace in RouteServiceProvider.
protected $namespace = 'App\\Http\\Controllers';
App\\Http\\Controllers is default namespace you can change it to
protected $namespace = 'App\\Web\\Controllers';
and then your code should work

Answer 4

我建议使用命名空间从 Devetoka 中获得上述代码，或者仅针对 1 或两个控制器（在我的情况下），您可以简单地将完整的命名空间注入其中。这是经过测试并有效的。

Route::get('home_page','\App\Web\Controllers\WebController@index');