Laravel 8: Target class [ProductController] does not exist

Question

I'm using Laravel-8 to develop my project, and I have a resource controller named ProductController which is placed at Admin directory inside Controllers, just like this image is showing:

Then at my route file, I coded this:

Route::resource('products', 'ProductController');
Route::resource('permissions', 'PermissionController');

But when I want to go to products route, I get this message:

Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException Target class [App\Http\Controllers\Admin\ProductController] does not exist.

Now you may say in Laravel-8, I have to use Route::get('/', ProductController::class);, but as you can see above, I have also determined a permissions route to PermissionController by the old method and it is working completely fine!

The namespace of Admin is also specified at RouteServiceProvider:

Route::middleware(['web' , 'auth' , 'auth.admin'])
                ->namespace('App\Http\Controllers\Admin')
                ->prefix('admin')
                ->group(base_path('routes/web/admin.php'));

Note that I also tried Route::resource('products', ProductController::class); , but still get the same error.

I guess the issue is coming from another part!

So if you have any idea about this, please let me know, I would really appreciate any idea or suggestion from you guys...

Thanks in advance.

UPDATE #1:

ProductController goes like this:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Models\Product;

I'm confused. What's actually working and what's not working? Which controller is found and which one is not? — apokryfos
– apokryfos, Commented Jan 23, 2021 at 6:26
@apokryfos ProductController is not found. I tried the both old and new ways to call this Controller, but still can not be found. — user14261927
– user14261927, Commented Jan 23, 2021 at 6:29
Please share the first lines of your ProductController.php file as well. — Ahmad Karimi
– Ahmad Karimi, Commented Jan 23, 2021 at 6:50
your namespace on that fie is wrong ... it is missing the Admin part of the namespace, as the answer below states — lagbox
– lagbox, Commented Jan 23, 2021 at 7:20

VXO · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-15 04:08:07Z

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You just need go to app/Http/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php

uncomment: protected $namespace = 'App\Http\Controllers';

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edited Aug 15, 2021 at 4:08

answered Aug 14, 2021 at 18:51

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KINGSLEY OKPARA · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-23 06:36:43Z

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Inside your ProductController, you need to have namespace like this

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;

answered Jan 23, 2021 at 6:36

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user14261927 Over a year ago

Thanks for the answer, I tried that but still receive: Target class [App\Http\Controllers\Admin\ProductController] does not exist.

lagbox Over a year ago

The ProductController should have this namespace declared as it is in the Admin folder ... PSR4 autoloading

Talita · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-10 10:36:10Z

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You need to declare your namespace:

use App\Http\Controllers\Admin\ProductController;

Then on your route:

Route::apiResource('products', ProductController::class);

answered May 10, 2021 at 10:36

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FireLordZuko · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-09 18:54:59Z

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Not sure whether this answer would help anyone or not but, I think you haven't imported the ProductController into your api.php

There are two widely used ways to import in laravel:

1st way- As @Talita suggested, import the file with the use syntax and then call out the class in Route::apiResource

use App\Http\Controllers\Admin\ProductController;

Route::apiResource('products', ProductController::class);

2nd way- You can call the class's location within the Route::apiResource just as follows-

Route::apiResource('/products', '\App\Http\Controllers\Admin\ProductController');

answered Mar 9, 2022 at 18:54

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Abdulkarim · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-21 11:56:01Z

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You have just to put the path instead the name of the Controller
You can change in your web.php:

Route::resource('products','ProductController');

to:

Route::resource('products','App\Http\Controllers\ProductController');

answered Sep 21, 2022 at 11:56

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Anh Ngọc · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-20 03:29:24Z

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you should remove line use namespace... controller in route page.

answered May 20, 2022 at 3:29

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