Target class [UserController] does not exist

Question

I have started working on Laravel recently and I have installed Laravel Framework 8.5.0.

Following is my controller "UserController.php"

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class UserController extends Controller
{
    //


    public function index(){
        return "hello world";
    }
}

and here's my web.php in routes


Route::get('/users', 'UserController@index');

When ever I try accessing http://127.0.0.1:8000/users, It just hits me with following error

Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException

Target class [UserController] does not exist.

Check if this question helps you https://stackoverflow.com/q/63807930/14066311 — Prince Dorcis, Sep 20 '20 at 14:00
Change `Route::get('/users', 'UserController@index');` to `Route::get('/users', 'App\Http\Controllers\UserController@index');` — STA, Sep 20 '20 at 14:01

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '20 at 14:03

according to laravel doc

you can do it in two ways:

1- Using PHP callable syntax...

use App\Http\Controllers\UserController;
Route::get('/users', [UserController::class, 'index']);

2- Using string syntax...

Route::get('/users', 'App\Http\Controllers\UserController@index');

Target class [UserController] does not exist

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