Laravel 5.5 throws ReflectionException CustomRequest Class doen't exist after upgrade from 5.4
I have recently upgraded Laravel to version 5.5 from 5.4, but whenever I send an API response to the server while updating or storing some information that uses custom requests, for example, book posts (BooksRequest), it throws an exception like the following:
ReflectionException
Class App\Http\Requests\Admin\BooksRequest does not exist
/home/gingern/Web/www/asiacrochet/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/RouteSignatureParameters.php:25
in that part of file:
public static function fromAction(array $action, $subClass = null)
{
$parameters = is_string($action['uses'])
? static::fromClassMethodString($action['uses'])
: (new ReflectionFunction($action['uses']))->getParameters();
return is_null($subClass) ? $parameters : array_filter($parameters, function ($p) use ($subClass) {
return $p->getClass() && $p->getClass()->isSubclassOf($subClass);
});
}
Before upgrading everything was working fine.
I've tried
composer dump-autoload -o
In vendor/composer/autoload_classmap.php there are no such classes. Update: I don't know how, but now there are needed classes in this file, for example:
'App\Http\Requests\Admin\BooksRequest' => $baseDir . '/app/Http/Requests/Admin/BooksRequest.php',
Part of my BooksRequest class:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Requests\Admin;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Illuminate\Validation\Factory as ValidationFactory;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Purifier;
use App\Book;
use App\Traits\RequestsExtraFunctions;
class BooksRequest extends FormRequest
{
use RequestsExtraFunctions;
public function __construct(ValidationFactory $validationFactory)
{
$this->setExtraImagesRules($validationFactory, 'App\Book');
}
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
public function rules()
{
$id = (int)$this->route('book');
$rules = [
//some rules
];
//some additional rules
return $rules;
}
public function all()
{
$input = parent::all();
//some manipulations on input
return $input;
}
}
Controller that uses BooksRequest:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Validator;
use App\Http\Requests\Admin\BooksRequest;
use App\Book;
class BooksController extends Controller
{
public function store(BooksRequest $request)
{
$input = $request->all();
//some manipulations
return redirect()->route('admin.books.index');
}
public function update(BooksRequest $request, $id)
{
$book = Book::find($id);
//some manipulations
return redirect()->route('admin.books.edit', $book->id)->with('status', trans('status.edit_success'));
}
}
Also my problem looks similar to this question, but not exactly and answer didn't help https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/laravel-51-throws-reflectionexception-after-upgrade-from-50?page=1
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