How do I override a 'used' class?

Question

I am using Laravel 5.8 and I'm attempting to modify a package class from the Vendor directory. To acheive this, I have created a new class which extends the Vendor class, and I can replace the named functions within it- all working great.

However, the original class 'uses' a class, which I have mimicked in my new class, as follows:

use VendorName\PackageName\OriginalController

// use VendorName\PackageName\SomeClass as StoreRequest; How can I replace this...
use App\Http\Requests\NewRequestClass as StoreRequest; // ... with this..? (not working)

class NewController extends OriginalController {

    private function somefunction(StoreRequest $request){ // This doesn't work; it is still using the StoreReqest defined in OriginalController
        // ...
    }

}

See comments- Is it possible to override this?

I've never actually tried this, but I suspect you might be able to do this by setting up a custom autoloader to specifically catch when the original class is requested and load in your own file — rickdenhaan, Aug 04 '19 at 18:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 13 '20 at 13:39

Its generally not possible modify/delete class or function. Not without extensions like Classkit. But i am not really a fan of this type of code. But you can Check these questions, which might help:

How do I override a 'used' class?

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