CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phplaravel-4
Halter
Halter

Reputation: 48

Global class not recognized laravel

I'm trying to implement global functions by classes using laravel, heres my aproach:

Create a new class: app/libraries/regex.class.php:

class Regex{
    public static function isUsername($username){
        $regex = "/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/";
        if (preg_match($regex, $username))
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    }
}

add the new library folder to app/start/global.php:

ClassLoader::addDirectories(array(
    app_path().'/commands',
    app_path().'/controllers',
    app_path().'/models',
    app_path().'/database/seeds',
    app_path().'/libraries',
));

then use the function in a view called by a route:

 if(Regex::isUsername($_REQUEST['username'])==true){
    echo "<br><br>did it";
}
else{
    echo "<br><br>failed it";
}

if i put the isUsername() function at the top of the view that i use it in it works just fine but trying to make it global throws an error. however i get: Class 'Regex' not found on the line in the view where i try to use it. obviously it's not getting the class but i dont understand why?

edit: I was able to get it to work by adding require app_path().'/libraries/regex.class.php'; to the end of the global file, it works now, but i would still like to know why the original atempt at autoloading didnt work

Upvotes: 2

Views: 276

Answers (1)

Dave Morrissey
Dave Morrissey

Reputation: 4411

You should name your file according to the class it contains, so in this case it should be named Regex.php. The Laravel classloader looks for classes in files named this way.

You should also make sure you've added your libraries folder to the autoload.classmap section in composer.json.

Upvotes: 1

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