custom class in Laravel 5

custom class in Laravel 5

/** 3 seconds:
 *	- Library example class
 *	- Updated composer.json
 *	- Example usage in a controller
 */

/**
 * '/library/Hello.php'
 */
      <?php namespace Library;

      class Hello {
          static function world() {
              return "Hello World!";
          }
      }

/**
 * composer.json (just the autoload part, for brevity)
 * Note "Library" has been added under "App"
 * -> Run 'composer dump-autoload' in command line
 */
      "autoload": {
          "classmap": [
            "database"
          ],
          "psr-4": {
            "App\\": "app/",
            "Library\\": "app/library/"
          }
        },
  
/**
 * '/app/Http/Controllers/TestController.php'
 * Note that you'd need to route to this function...
 */
      <?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;

      use Library\Hello;

      class TestController extends Controller {

        public function index()
        {
          return Hello::world(); // should return "Hello World!"
        }
      }