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