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Maxcot
Maxcot

Reputation: 1617

How do I use php's "RecursiveArrayIterator" in laravel?

I'm using laravel 5.6, and in my controller I have 

use RecursiveIteratorIterator;

and the error I'm getting is 

Class 'App\Http\Controllers\RecursiveArrayIterator' not found

So I'm being a little simplistic about it. Obviously RecursiveIteratorIterator is not a laravel function, but rather a core php function. But after reading this post https://laraveldaily.com/how-to-use-external-classes-and-php-files-in-laravel-controller/ I'm still no clearer on where to find it, or how to reference it properly.

I suppose I was expecting that all "native" php functions would just be available?

Help?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1098

Answers (2)

Furquan
Furquan

Reputation: 1852

Just to be mention, it looks like you are only importing

use \RecursiveIteratorIterator;

and also calling RecursiveArrayIterator somewhere in the code. try importing both.

   use \RecursiveIteratorIterator;
   use \RecursiveArrayIterator;

Upvotes: 1

Blue
Blue

Reputation: 22911

You want to put a backslash in front (No need to put use ... at the top), to specify a root/global class:

\RecursiveIteratorIterator;

For more information, refer to the PHP documentation here:

Example #3 Accessing internal classes in namespaces

<?php
namespace foo;
$a = new \stdClass;

function test(\ArrayObject $typehintexample = null) {}

$a = \DirectoryIterator::CURRENT_AS_FILEINFO;

// extending an internal or global class
class MyException extends \Exception {}
?>

Upvotes: 3

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