Laravel model not found

Question

We have a model App\Models\Tag. In a helper class we're doing:

<?php 

namespace App\Helpers;

use App\Models\Tag;


class Helper {

    /**
    * Get tag
    *
    **/
    public static function tag($path){

            return Tag::where('path', '=', $path)->first();

    }


}

This gives error:

FatalErrorException in Model.php line 780: 

Class 'Tag' not found

Even using App\Models\Tag::where('path', '=', $path)->first() gives an error:

FatalErrorException in Helper.php line 15: 

Class 'App\Helpers\App\Models\Tag' not found

What's most strange is that we can use App\Models\Tag from controller without a problem. So, problem seems to be on this helper class and not the model. Any idea?

Tag.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Tag extends Model {

        // database table
        protected $table = 'tags';

}

?>

Edit 1

The model Tag.php was manually added instead of using artisan. So, there's a chance it's missing from classes map. From the suggestion on https://stackoverflow.com/a/35142715/1008916 we tried composer dump-autoload -o but that didn't help.

Edit 2

We eventually traced the issue to a different model related to Tag.php. The lines of code causing the problem were:

        $tag = Tag::where('path', '=', $path)->first();
        if ($tag == null) {
            $tagLet = TagLet::where('path', '=', $path)->first();
            if ($tagLet != null) {
                $tag = $tagLet->tag;
            }
        }

When a model throws an error Laravel does not give line number where the error occurred, so we identified the 1st occurrence of Tag as cause while the real cause was last occurrence ($tag = $tagLet->tag;).

TagLet.php had:

public function tag()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('Tag');
}

As suggested by @Rodrane & @SauminiNavaratnam the solutions is to use 'App\Models\Tag' instead of 'Tag'

public function tag()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('App\Models\Tag');
}

Try using `\App\Models\Tag::where('path', '=', $path)->first()`, you need to add `\\` in the front — Saumini Navaratnam, May 12 '17 at 02:20
@SauminiNavaratnam using `\App\Models\Tag::where('path', '=', $path)->first()` changes the error to `Class 'Tag' not found` — Mugoma J. Okomba, May 12 '17 at 02:27
@MugomaJ.Okomba Can you also add the `Tag` model class code. Double check the namespace & class name in the `Tag.php` model file — Saumini Navaratnam, May 12 '17 at 02:32
try `\App\Tag::where('path', '=', $path)->first() ` if you used artisan to create model it is not in models folder then — Anar Bayramov, May 12 '17 at 02:38
@Rodrane model exists in models folder but we manually added it instead of using `artisan`. So, I think problem could be it doesn't appear in classes map. We tried using `composer dump-autoload` but that didn't help. — Mugoma J. Okomba, May 12 '17 at 02:43
@MugomaJ.Okomba Model looks fine for me. I hope you added the your custom helper file in the `composer.json` autoload. This is all comes top of my head — Saumini Navaratnam, May 12 '17 at 02:59
@SauminiNavaratnam the helper class works with other models except this one. I have added more details to the question on likely cause of the problem. The challenge might be how to get **Tag** in the classes map since it appears to be missing there. — Mugoma J. Okomba, May 12 '17 at 03:32
@MugomaJ.Okomba This may be a stupid question to ask, did copy the model file to your server? — Saumini Navaratnam, May 12 '17 at 03:34
@SauminiNavaratnam not sure I understand the question but the model is in 'models' folder. I am doing tests from local. — Mugoma J. Okomba, May 12 '17 at 03:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '17 at 08:33

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Check where located your Tag.php file, I think it inside app directory, if that change namespase from App\Model, to App. If not check your folder structures and namespases.

answered May 12 '17 at 08:33

Vahe Galstyan

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