Laravel Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input

Question

I am new to Laravel and checking out some sample code.

In a controller I see this:

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;

class RegistrationController extends \BaseController {

public function __construct()
{
    $this->beforeFilter('guest');
}

Why do I have to use the "use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;" ?

Cant I just use eg Input::get(); like I do in my route file?

Do you know about PHP's namespace? – Fractaliste Nov 17 '14 at 12:28 — Fractaliste, Nov 17 '14 at 12:28
Yeah, but how come I dont need it in my routes file? – user2722667 Nov 17 '14 at 12:29 — user2722667, Nov 17 '14 at 12:29

Marcin Nabiałek · Answer 1 · 2014-11-17T12:41:39.977

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You don't have to use importing namespaces (you don't need to add use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;) here.

You can accesss Input facade, using Input::get('something') as long as your controller is in global namespace. Otherwise you need to use \Input::get('something') or add use Input after <?php.

edited Nov 17 '14 at 12:41

answered Nov 17 '14 at 12:29

Marcin Nabiałek

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So no need for it as long I extend the basecontroller? I found the code here: https://github.com/BnSmth/email-verification/blob/master/app/controllers/RegistrationController.php – user2722667 Nov 17 '14 at 12:33
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@user2722667 There is no need to use it here. Remember that not all codes or libraries are well written. Anyone can post anything to github. – Marcin Nabiałek Nov 17 '14 at 12:35

itachi · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-17T12:46:15.460

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;

class RegistrationController extends \BaseController {

public function __construct()
{
    $this->beforeFilter('guest');
}

this controller is in global namespace. so you don't need to use use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input; you can directly call Input::get('foo');

<?php namespace Foo; //<---- check the namespace

    use Input;

    class RegistrationController extends \BaseController {

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->beforeFilter('guest');
    }

here you can write either, use Input or \Input::get('foo') while calling.

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