in laravel 8 with seeding , i has this issue Target class [TableSeeder] does not exist

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Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException

  Target class [Database\Seeders\CountriesTableSeeder] does not exist.

  at C:\......\blog\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\Container.php:811
    807▕
    808▕         try {
    809▕             $reflector = new ReflectionClass($concrete);
    810▕         } catch (ReflectionException $e) {
  ➜ 811▕             throw new BindingResolutionException("Target class [$concrete] does not exist.", 0, $e);
    812▕         }
    813▕
    814▕         // If the type is not instantiable, the developer is attempting to resolve
    815▕         // an abstract type such as an Interface or Abstract Class and there is

  1   C:\......\blog\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\Container.php:809
      ReflectionException::("Class Database\Seeders\CountriesTableSeeder does not exist")

  2   C:\......\blog\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Container\Container.php:809
      ReflectionClass::__construct("Database\Seeders\CountriesTableSeeder")

It can't find your seeder called `CountriesTableSeeder`. Try `composer dump-autoload -o` and then rerun. Also you should provide some code showing us how the seeder is defined, etc. — PatricNox, Sep 29 '20 at 09:25
i was tried the composer dump-autoload -o command , but not working. — Ali Hussain Qumar, Sep 29 '20 at 09:35

Amit Gupta · Answer 1 · 2022-01-20T01:36:10.857

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For Laravel 8 you need to make the below changes to an existing project for seeding to work:

Add the Database\Seeders namespace to your DatabaseSeeder.php and other seeder files :

<?php

namespace Database\Seeders;

Change the folder name of database/seeds to database/seeders.
Update composer.json like below:

"autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
        "App\\": "app/",
        "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",
        "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"
    }
},

Finally, run the below commands:

composer dump-autoload
php artisan db:seed

edited Jan 20 '22 at 01:36

answered Dec 20 '20 at 06:13

Amit Gupta

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namespace Database\Seeders; Add this on the top of CreateUsersSeeders.php helped me. – Christopher Nolan Jul 06 '21 at 05:42
Great! All the best – Amit Gupta Jul 07 '21 at 17:30

muhive · Answer 2 · 2021-04-15T15:53:35.777

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From laravel 8 Seeders and factories are now namespaced

To accommodate for these changes, add Database\Seeders namespace to your seeder classes.

namespace Database\Seeders;

In addition, move all seeder files from previous database/seeds directory to database/seeders folder.

In your case remove all lines started with use Database\Seeders\...
from DatabaseSeeder.php file

It should solve the issue,

You can also run dump-autoload & fresh migration with seed,

composer dump-autoload

php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

edited Apr 15 '21 at 15:53

answered Sep 29 '20 at 21:19

muhive

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I actually couldn't find this change in the upgrade guide, so this saved me some time, thanks – nsbucky Oct 09 '20 at 14:53
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/upgrade#seeder-factory-namespaces – jx12345 Dec 16 '21 at 12:05
Also don't forget to update composer autoload to "classmap": [ "database/seeders" ] – Sule-balogun O.G Mar 24 '22 at 15:03

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 17 '23 at 07:59

working with laravel 8

change directory name database/seeds to database/seeders.

add namespace Database\Seeders; to seeders file.

namespace Database\Seeders;

use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
class TableSeeder extends Seeder{
}

Update Compose.json file

"autoload": {
"psr-4": {
    "App\\": "app/",
    "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",
    "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"
}},

run in terminal

composer dump-autoload
php artisan db:seed --class=TableSeeder

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 18 '22 at 20:38

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When working with new seeders we might get

Target class [...TableSeeder] does not exist.

In my case, simply running

composer dump-autoload

did the trick

edited Jan 18 '22 at 20:38

miken32

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 23 '21 at 05:50

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remove using TableSeeder at the top of the DatabaseSeeder.php file.

answered Jul 23 '21 at 05:50

Dulanjana_Bandara

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I tried all the methods in this thread but none of them worked for me. Then I remove the above mentioned line and it worked well for me. – Dulanjana_Bandara Jul 23 '21 at 05:51

score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 29 '20 at 09:46

DatabaseSeeder.php

<?php

namespace Database\Seeders;

use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; 

class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
    /**
     * Seed the application's database.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        $this->call([
            CountriesTableSeeder::class,
            ProvincesTableSeeder::class,
            RegionsTableSeeder::class,
            PermisionsTableSeeder::class,
            RolesTableSeeder::class,
            StatusTypesTableSeeder::class,
            StatusesTableSeeder::class,
            ]);
    }
}

CountriesTableSeeder.php

<?php

use App\Country;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model; 

class CountriesTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
    private $numberOfCountries = 10;

    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        DB::table('countries')->insert([
            ['country_name' => 'iraq'],
            ['country_name' => 'qater'],
        ]);
    }
}

score -1 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 10 '21 at 13:44

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After running: composer dump:autoload

I could just include the below code in my DatabaseSeeder and It would include the data from SubsidyregimeTableSeeder

$this->call([
   SubsidyregimeTableSeeder::class
]);

edited Jan 10 '21 at 13:44

Tomer Shetah

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answered Jan 10 '21 at 13:24

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score -1 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 24 '21 at 00:59

In my case, I had an existing code of version 5.8 of Laravel. So the files were duplicated in Seeds folder, the namespace was missing in and I had to reinstall Voyager with dummy like so :

composer dump-autoload

php voyager:install --with-dummy

fixed the namespace to namespace Database\Seeders; instead of namespace Database\Seeds;

score -1 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 11 '21 at 23:58

Rename directory database/seeds to database/seeders
Open composer.json file and change on autoload section.

"autoload": { "psr-4": { "App\": "app/",

    "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",

    "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"

}

}

Open Database Seeder file database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php and add namespace Database\Seeders; on top of page.
Open your others seeders file and add namespace Database\Seeders; to all seeders class.
Run composer dump-autoload and php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

These steps are all mentioned in previous answers – miken32 Jan 18 '22 at 20:10 — miken32, Jan 18 '22 at 20:10

score -1 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 18 '22 at 19:41

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Remember if you upgrade ti laravel 8 you need to change directory name database/seeds to database/seeders.

answered Jan 18 '22 at 19:41

Ahmed Saad

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This is already mentioned in previous answers. – miken32 Jan 18 '22 at 20:06

in laravel 8 with seeding , i has this issue Target class [TableSeeder] does not exist

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From laravel 8 Seeders and factories are now namespaced

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