Laravel does not recognize the PHP class of Blade components

@Sinnbeck I use the component's PHP class to get records from the database, so the error is that the blade component's variables are not populated and Laravel doesn't recognize the variable. That's why I commented that it seems that laravel is understanding that the component is anonymous, that is, without class. I put a dd() in the component class construct but nothing happens, that black screen should appear.

@jader but can you show the the actual error. Just copy paste it

@Sinnbeck [2022-08-07 12:06:11] production.ERROR: Undefined variable $menus {"view":{"view":"/home/716584.cloudwaysapps.com/fzxzsxtfgp/public_html/resources/views/components/admin/sidebar/sidebar-main.blade.php","data":[]},"userId":16,"exception":"[object] (Spatie\LaravelIgnition\Exceptions\ViewException(code: 0): Undefined variable $menus at /home/716584.cloudwaysapps.com/fzxzsxtfgp/public_html/resources/views/components/admin/sidebar/sidebar-main.blade.php:22)

@jader it could be a problem with casing. If your dev computer is windows or Mac , it isn't case sensitive. Linux is.

Check the name of the class and class file

@Sinnbeck I did that, I checked and it seems to be correct

@jader does the class have a namespace? It's cut from the image. You can just copy paste it

@Sinnbeck sorry

@jader I'm thinking that laravel might look for proper namespace based on StudlyCase. Try changing the class folders and namespaces to this

I would give an example, but I cannot copy from images

Edit: just saw @martinbean said the same thing below

@jader Not related to the error, but the following is somewhat pointless:

$this->menus = collect(Menu::with(['parent', 'childs'])->orderBy('order')->get())->toArray();

Since Menu::get() already returns a collection, there’s no need to collect() anything – especially not if you don’t even use the collection, but just convert it to an array. But why convert it to an array at all? This will do the same, but more simply (and with the extra functionality of a collection instead of an array):

class SidebarMain extends Component {
	public Collection $menus;

	public function __construct() {
		$this->menus = Menu::with(['parent', 'childs'])->orderBy('order')->get();
	}
}

@Sinnbeck only now i figured out how to insert the code here, I will make the changes you suggested...

<?php

namespace App\View\Components\admin\sidebar;

use App\Models\Menu;
use Illuminate\View\Component;

class SidebarMain extends Component
{
    /**
     * Menus da área administrativa.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    public array $menus;

    /**
     * Create a new component instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->menus = collect(Menu::with(['parent', 'childs'])->orderBy('order')->get())->toArray();
    }

    /**
     * Get the view / contents that represent the component.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\View\View|\Closure|string
     */
    public function render()
    {
        return view('components.admin.sidebar.sidebar-main');
    }
}

@jader I am talking about this namespace (and folders as well)

namespace App\View\Components\Admin\Sidebar;

@Sinnbeck Wow, it worked perfectly. I learned a good lesson today, as I've been trying to solve this for 10 days. Thank you very much for your time and willingness to help me.

@kokoshneta Thanks, I will refactor my code.

@martinbean Thanks, that was exactly it...