Why Does PHPStorm Not Recognise All The Classes

@vincej

Did you run php artisan clear-compiled before running php artisan ide-helper:generate?

https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper#automatic-phpdoc-generation-for-laravel-facades

Many thanks - I have to admit my ignorance. I did not understand the purpose of php artisan clear-compiled before running php artisan ide-helper:generate.

You should also invalidate PHPStorm caches. see https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/2016.1/cleaning-system-cache.html for details.

Both of the tips were helpful, but I think the cache invalidation was a key step for me. Both have tripped me up at various points.

Remember to Synchronize your projects when Storm is open and you update or change code external your work. Like anything in Vendor or linked to in your composer.json

I went through the suggestions above: php artisan clear-compiled php artisan ide-helper:generate invalidating cache

In my controller, I do $me=Auth::user() and it all methods in $me are properly found. I also do $user = User::find(intval($user_id)) and all of those methods are still underlined and 'not found'. In User::find, the find is underlined.

Any suggestions? Using Laravel 5.5 and Phpstorm 2017.3.