So I’m trying a basic php artisan db:seed
after migrating my database but it keeps returning the title error in cmd –[SymfonyComponentDebugExceptionFatalErrorException] Class 'User' not found
Things I Have Tried
- php dump-autoload after updating the class
- php dump-autoload before running the
db:seed
function - rolling back the migration and then re-running it
- rolling back the migration and then re-running it with the
--seed
syntax - Change the namespace of the ‘Users’ File
Below is the migrations
<?php
use IlluminateDatabaseSchemaBlueprint;
use IlluminateDatabaseMigrationsMigration;
class CreateUsersTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('name');
$table->string('email')->unique();
$table->string('password', 60);
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* @return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::drop('users');
}
}
I believe that everything here is correct, and now here is the user class.
<?php namespace App;
use IlluminateAuthAuthenticatable;
use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentModel;
use IlluminateAuthPasswordsCanResetPassword;
use IlluminateContractsAuthAuthenticatable as AuthenticatableContract;
use IlluminateContractsAuthCanResetPassword as CanResetPasswordContract;
class User extends Model implements AuthenticatableContract, CanResetPasswordContract {
use Authenticatable, CanResetPassword;
/**
* The database table used by the model.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $table = 'users';
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* @var array
*/
protected $fillable = ['name', 'email', 'password'];
/**
* The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
*
* @var array
*/
protected $hidden = ['password', 'remember_token'];
}
And now lastly is the all important database seeder
<?php
use IlluminateDatabaseSeeder;
use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentModel;
class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
/**
* Run the database seeds.
*
* @return void
*/
public function run()
{
Model::unguard();
// $this->call('UserTableSeeder');
$this->call('UserTableSeeder');
Model::reguard();
}
}
class UserTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
public function run()
{
DB::table('users')->delete();
User::create(['email' => 'John@doe.com']);
}
}
So that’s it my full syntax, if any more files are required then please request them and I will update my question.
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Answer
In your DatabaseSeeder
in the root namespace you call the Class User
. It therefor tries to load the class User
. The definition of your class User
is however in namespace App
. You should therefor use either AppUser
in your DatabaseSeeder
or add at the top of the file use AppUser;
DatabaseSeeder
<?php
use AppUser;
use IlluminateDatabaseSeeder;
use IlluminateDatabaseEloquentModel;
class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
/**
* Run the database seeds.
*
* @return void
*/
public function run()
{
Model::unguard();
// $this->call('UserTableSeeder');
$this->call('UserTableSeeder');
Model::reguard();
}
}
class UserTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
public function run()
{
DB::table('users')->delete();
User::create(['email' => 'John@doe.com']);
}
}
Since Laravel 8+ the User class is now stored by default in the app/Models
directory; so instead of using AppUser
use AppModelsUser
above.
Ps. by default Laravel ships with a User model, use that one. In case you removed that model you can use the fallback provided by Laravel:
use IlluminateFoundationAuthUser;
On a side note something I find very useful in order to debug artisan output. You should use the flag -vvv
which adds extreme verbosity to the output messages including a complete stack trace.
php artisan migrate -vvv