How to use class from blade template?

Question

I have created class Helper with path App\\Http\\Helpers\\:

Answer 1

You can achieve this in a straight forward way by following these steps.

Step 1

Create your class file in your desired path (example: app/Helpers/Helper.php) and define the class

Step 2

Modify composer.json file by adding your file within the entry of the autoload key

"autoload": {
    "prs-4": {
        "App\\": "app/"
    },
    "files": [
        "app/Helpers/Helper.php"
    ]
}

Note that you are not changing anything apart from including this entry: "files": ["app/Helpers/Helper.php"]. Save the file.

Step 3

Run this command from your root directory:

composer dump-autoload

it refreshes the autoload cache.

Step 4

You can now use your class from anywhere including blade

This way, you can also create global functions as well.