In laravel 4 i just used a function
$varbl = App::make(\"ControllerName\")->FunctionName($params);
to call a controller function from a
Actually below should work as per Laravel 5: Usage: App::make(ControllerName)->functionName($parameters); Example: App:make("TestController")->getUserInfo('user_id' => 9);
Laravel 5
App::make(ControllerName)->functionName($parameters);
App:make("TestController")->getUserInfo('user_id' => 9);
Please post the actual error you are getting!