PHP Error: Class 'Database\Factories\MyFactory' not found

I am using Laravel 8 and not upgraded from Laravel 7. I have a model in Models/MyModel and I created a factory for it

when I run App\Models\MyModel::factory()->create(), I get:

PHP Error:  Class 'Database\Factories\MyFactory' not found

The files exist

knubbe

3 years ago

Level 36

In factory class you must define $model property with corresponding model. In your case:

class MyFactory extends Factory
{
    /**
     * The name of the factory's corresponding model.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $model = MyModel::class;
}

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cooperino

3 years ago

Level 3

@knubbe It is already defined :/

knubbe

3 years ago

Best Answer

Level 36

@cooperino composer dump-autoload?

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cooperino

3 years ago

Level 3

@knubbe Yes! I came here to say that I ran composer dump-autoload and it worked but you just said it as well, thank you!

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