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n1k41l
n1k41l

Reputation: 445

helper functions not loading laravel 5 - Call to undefined function

I've been having a problem loading my helpers file in Laravel 5 and calling the functions from views. The below is a quick overview of how I attempted to setup helpers within my L5 Project.

  1. Created a helpers.php file within app/Http;

  2. The helpers file contains a basic function, to produce the page title.

    public function full_title($title)
{
     $base_title = 'Social Tracking Application';

     if (isset($title) && $title != ''){
        $comp_title = $title . " | " .  $base_title;    
     } else {
       $comp_title = $base_title;
     }

return $comp_title;
}

  3. Updated composer.json to autoload the new helpers file.

    "autoload": {
"classmap": [
    "database"
],
"psr-4": {
    "App\\": "app/"
},
"files":["app/Http/helpers.php"]

    },

  4. Run composer dump-autoload from the terminal.

After these steps I was under the impression that I could use my helper from views and controllers. So I placed a call to my new helper function within my main layout view by using the following:

<title> full_title($title)  </title>

However when I navigate to any page I receive a FatalErrorMessage Call to Undefined Function full_title. (note the message is usually in the title bar so I move it to a body tag to view the error message).

I can't figure out what it is I'm doing wrong here, I've seen other examples of people using custom helper files in a similar manner but mine just doesn't seem to work am I missing something obvious?

I'm running this of Homestead.

full code base: https://github.com/n1k41l/SocialTrak/tree/middleware-currentUser

Upvotes: 3

Views: 14179

Answers (4)

Saddan
Saddan

Reputation: 1655

My problem was I used namespace in my helper.php file. Basically it has no class no namespace just some plain function you want to place there

Upvotes: 7

Xedecimal
Xedecimal

Reputation: 3223

I found I had this problem too at some point, in which I had put my helpers under app/Helpers/functions.php instead of app/Http/helpers.php. Moving them to the latter made everything start working fine.

Upvotes: 0

Ben Wilson
Ben Wilson

Reputation: 2676

You may need to use the class name in front of the function when calling it in your view or controller, e.g.:

Helper::my_function()

Upvotes: 0

n1k41l
n1k41l

Reputation: 445

I've managed to solve the problem myself, the issue was that I created my Helpers file as a php class. The helpers file should only be a php file - with functions not a class with functions... (obvious mistake once I found it :S).

Upvotes: 7

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