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Have you done a composer dumpautoload?
Aug 9, 2015
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Level 6
Laravel 5.1 - Can't get facade to work
So, I've looked through every possible documentation and forum thread on service providers and facades and still can't get this to work...
I have a service and a provider:
namespace App\Providers;
use App\Services\AddressFinder;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
class AddressFinderServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
protected $defer = true;
public function register()
{
$this->app->bind('address_finder', function()
{
return new AddressFinder('idealpostcodes');
});
}
}
And a facade for it:
namespace App\Services\Facades;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;
class AddressFinderFacade extends Facade
{
protected static function getFacadeAccessor()
{
return 'address_finder';
}
}
Now when I try to use AddressFinder::find($postcode); I'm getting
ReflectionException in Container.php line 736:
Class address_finder does not exist
Both the service provider and facade are properly registered in app.php.
If I pass the full class name in getFacadeAccessor() only then it works. As if the facade doesn't even try to resolve it from the service container.
Level 6
Yes, multiple times, didn't help.
Level 6
I've also seen different ways of binding the service, not sure which one is the correct one so I tried them all:
$this->app->singleton('address_finder', function () {
return new AddressFinder('idealpostcodes');
});
and
$this->app['address_finder'] = $this->app->share(function($app) {
return new AddressFinder('idealpostcodes');
});
as well as
$this->app->bind('address_finder', function() {
return new AddressFinder('idealpostcodes');
});
Level 7
Aren't you meant to bind to a class or interface, I'm guessing App\Services\AddressFinder in your case?
Level 6
Well that's kind of the part which I don't exactly understand, how do I make the binding correctly so that it's available by address_finder handle?
Level 27
@Nospoon did you add the service provider into the providers array of config/app.php file?
Update: sorry missed that part.
Level 6
Yes I did:
App\Providers\AddressFinderServiceProvider::class,
And the facade is:
'AddressFinder' => App\Services\Facades\AddressFinderFacade::class,
Level 27
@Nospoon do you have a compiled.php file inside the bootstrap/cache/ directory? In case it exists try running the artisan clear-compiled command.
Level 6
Ok so the only way I've managed to get this working is by: in register() method of service provider referencing full class name:
$this->app->singleton('App\Services\AddressFinder', function () {
return new AddressFinder('idealpostcodes');
});
in facade
protected static function getFacadeAccessor()
{
return 'App\Services\AddressFinder';
}
However this is not how it's done with all other service providers...
Level 6
@usman clear-compiled didn't help as well. Still getting Class address_finder does not exist.
Level 8
@Nospoon: Try to remove files, if any, except .gitignore, inside bootstrap/cache/ folder. It will auto-generate again services.json file. I hope that helps.
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Level 5
Thanks @agustinuswidodo just saved me a night of pain and suffering...
Level 1
thank you @agustinuswidodo !!!
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