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Naveen Kumar
Naveen Kumar

Reputation: 1626

Cannot redeclare class error in Laravel but works fine in native php

I am using Alchemy API for filter out some data. Everything works fine in the native code. But when i used it in my Laravel Controller it throws Cannot redeclare class. My controller,alchemyapi.php and example.php are in the same directory. Here is how i include alchemyapi.php in native code 

<?php   

require_once 'alchemyapi.php';
$alchemyapi = new AlchemyAPI("MY API KEY"); ?>

But when i include it in the controller it throws my the error. is there something i am missing ? 

require_once 'alchemyapi.php';
$alchemyapi = new AlchemyAPI("MY API KEY");

The native code(example.php) works well without any issue. But in laravel controller it throws a error saying Cannot redeclare class AlchemyAPI in alchemyapi.php line 20

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1840

Answers (2)

Cybersupernova
Cybersupernova

Reputation: 1839

Instead of using require_once use namespace in your alchemyapi.php and then use use for same namespace in your MyController

alchemyapi.php

<?php
    namespace App\Http\Controller;
    class AlchemyApi {
        //your code
    }

MyController.php

<?php
    namespace App\Http\Controller;
    use App\Http\Controller\AlchemyApi;
    class MyController {
        $alchemy = new AlchemyApi("Your_api_key");
    }

Upvotes: 2

Richard Vanbergen
Richard Vanbergen

Reputation: 1974

OK, so what I think is happening is that alchemyapi.php is somehow already being included by the composer autoloader.

Try this.

  1. Create the directory lib in the root of your project.
  2. Move alchemiapi.php into lib.

  3. Under the "autoload" section in your composer.json add the following code. Make sure the JSON is valid:

    "files": [
    "lib/alchemyapi.php",
],

  4. Run composer dump-autoload. If it errors, your composer.json is invalid or you haven't put the file in the correct place.

  5. Delete require_once 'alchemyapi.php'; from your controller.

When dealing with composer, this is how you deal with classes in the global namespace. After running composer it scan those directories in app for PSR-4 classes.

I can't be sure but I think that composer is looking for it and you are also manually requiring it. That would explain why PHP thinks you are redeclaring the class.

Upvotes: 0

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