Laravel 8 routes and controller API syntax change
Copy-pasting routes and controller code from pre-Laravel 8 to a Laravel 8 website? You're in for a treat.
And by "treat" I meant an error 😬. Target class controller does not exist error, to be precise. It's because Laravel 8 changed their controller namespace API.
(whyyy? 😭)
(welp yeah I'm sure there are valid reasons, but still... 😫)
TL;DR pre-Laravel 8:
// routes/web.php — before v8
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::get("examples", "ExampleController@index");Laravel 8:
// routes/web.php — v8
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\ExampleController;
Route::get("examples", [ExampleController::class, 'index']);It can be customized to behave like the old versions if you so prefer (see links below).
Resources:
- https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/upgrade#automatic-controller-namespace-prefixing
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63807930/target-class-controller-does-not-exist-laravel-8
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64037500/defining-a-namespace-for-laravel-8-routes
In: Laravel MOC