Users Controller does not exist - laravel

Question

I'm building a CMS in Laravel 5.8 with an in-built Authentication system. My app was working fine but suddenly it starts giving me an error as ReflectionException : Class App\Http\Controllers\Users does not exist on command php artisan route:list -v. However, if i define a new resource route, then that new route page works fine. It means, route file is getting saved but gives error while listing the routes.
I have not created any file named as Users but my user controller file name is UserController
Below is the structure of my application:
cms -> project folder
app
Http
Controllers
Auth
RegisterController.php
LoginController.php and other Auth files
backend
UserController.php and my other controller files
Below is my route file
Auth::routes();
Route::group(['as'=>'cms.' ,'prefix'=>'cms'],function(){
Route::get('/', 'backend\Dashboard#index')->name('dashboard');
Route::resource('/user-management', 'backend\UserController');
});
Below is my UserController file residing in backend folder
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\backend;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;
use Auth;
use App\Models\backend\Admin;
use App\Models\backend\Menu;
use App\Models\backend\Submenu;
use Config;
use illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
class UserController extends Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth:admin');
}
public function AuthRouteAPI(Request $request)
{
return $request->user();
}
public function index()
{
// GET THE CURRENT LOGGED IN USE
$user = Auth::user();
// CODE FOR GETTING MENU LIST FOR CURRENT USER STARTS
$menutable = (new Menu)->getTable();
$arrUserMenu = $user->getUserMenus($menutable);
// CODE FOR GETTING MENU LIST FOR CURRENT USER ENDS
$cms_users = Admin::withTrashed()->get();
return view('backend.pages.users.index', ['arrUserMenu'=>$arrUserMenu, 'cms_users'=>$cms_users]);
}
public function create()
{
// GET THE CURRENT LOGGED IN USE
$user = Auth::user();
// CODE FOR GETTING MENU LIST FOR CURRENT USER STARTS
$menutable = (new Menu)->getTable();
$arrUserMenu = $user->getUserMenus($menutable);
// CODE FOR GETTING MENU LIST FOR CURRENT USER ENDS
return view('backend.pages.users.create', ['arrUserMenu'=>$arrUserMenu]);
}
public function store(Request $request)
{
$rules = [
'name' => 'required|min:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_NAME_MIN_LEN').'|max:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_NAME_MAX_LEN').'|regex:/(^[A-Za-z ]+$)+/',
'usrmail' => 'required|email|unique:cms_users,email|max:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_EMAIL_MAX_LEN'),
'usrname' => 'required|min:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_ID_MIN_LEN').'|max:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_ID_MAX_LEN').'|regex:/(^[A-Za-z0-9._]+$)+/|unique:cms_users,username',
'usrpwd' => 'required|min:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_PWD_MIN_LEN').'|max:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_PWD_MAX_LEN').'|regex:/^(?=.*?[A-Z])(?=.*?[a-z])(?=.*?[0-9])(?=.*?[#?!#$%^&*-_]).{7,}$/'
];
$msgs = [
'name.required' => 'Please enter name',
'name.min' => 'Name should not be less then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_NAME_MIN_LEN').' characters',
'name.max' => 'Name should not be more then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_NAME_MAX_LEN').' characters',
'name.regex' => 'Only alphabets are allowed in name',
'usrmail.required' => 'Please enter email',
'usrmail.email' => 'Invalid email',
'usrmail.unique' => 'Email already exist',
'usrmail.max' => 'Email should not be more then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_EMAIL_MAX_LEN').' characters',
'usrname.required' => 'Please enter the user name',
'usrname.min' => 'User name should not be less then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_ID_MIN_LEN').' characters',
'usrname.max' => 'User name should not be more then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_ID_MAX_LEN').' characters',
'usrname.regex' => 'Only Alphabets, Numbers, Dot and Underscore allowed in user name',
'usrname.unique' => 'User name already exist',
'usrpwd.required' => 'Please enter the password',
'usrpwd.min' => 'Password should not be less then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_PWD_MIN_LEN').' characters',
'usrpwd.max' => 'Password should not be more then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_PWD_MAX_LEN').' characters',
'usrpwd.regex' => 'Invalid password format',
];
$this->validate($request, $rules, $msgs);
Admin::create([
'name' => $request->name,
'username' => $request->usrname,
'password' => bcrypt($request->usrpwd),
'email' => $request->usrmail,
]);
return redirect()->route('cms.user-management.index')->with('success','New user account created successfully.');
}
public function edit($id)
{
if(!$id)
{
return redirect()->route('cms.user-management.index');
die;
}
$arrRecord = Admin::find($id);
if(is_null($arrRecord))
{
return redirect()->route('cms.user-management.index')->withErrors(['error'=>'Record you are trying to edit does not exist']);
die;
}
// GET THE CURRENT LOGGED IN USE
$user = Auth::user();
// CODE FOR GETTING MENU LIST FOR CURRENT USER STARTS
$menutable = (new Menu)->getTable();
$arrUserMenu = $user->getUserMenus($menutable);
// CODE FOR GETTING MENU LIST FOR CURRENT USER ENDS
return view('backend.pages.users.edit', ['arrUserMenu'=>$arrUserMenu, 'arrRecord'=>$arrRecord]);
}
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
$rules = [
'name' => 'required|min:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_NAME_MIN_LEN').'|max:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_NAME_MAX_LEN').'|regex:/(^[A-Za-z ]+$)+/',
'usrmail' => 'required|email|max:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_EMAIL_MAX_LEN'),
'usrpwd' => 'nullable|min:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_PWD_MIN_LEN').'|max:'.Config::get('cms_const.USER_PWD_MAX_LEN').'|regex:/^(?=.*?[A-Z])(?=.*?[a-z])(?=.*?[0-9])(?=.*?[#?!#$%^&*-_]).{7,}$/'
];
$msgs = [
'name.required' => 'Please enter name',
'name.min' => 'Name should not be less then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_NAME_MIN_LEN').' characters',
'name.max' => 'Name should not be more then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_NAME_MAX_LEN').' characters',
'name.regex' => 'Only alphabets are allowed in name',
'usrmail.required' => 'Please enter email',
'usrmail.email' => 'Invalid email',
'usrmail.max' => 'Email should not be more then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_EMAIL_MAX_LEN').' characters',
'usrpwd.min' => 'Password should not be less then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_PWD_MIN_LEN').' characters',
'usrpwd.max' => 'Password should not be more then '.Config::get('cms_const.USER_PWD_MAX_LEN').' characters',
'usrpwd.regex' => 'Invalid password format',
];
$this->validate($request, $rules, $msgs);
$arrRecord = Admin::find($id);
if(is_null($arrRecord))
{
return redirect()->route('cms.user-management.index')->withErrors(['error'=>'Record you are trying to edit does not exist']);
die;
}
$arrRecord->name = $request->input('name');
$arrRecord->email = $request->input('usrmail');
if($request->input('usrpwd'))
{
$arrRecord->password = bcrypt($request->input('usrpwd'));
}
$arrRecord->save();
return redirect()->route('cms.user-management.index')->with('success','User account details updated successfully.');
}
public function destroy($id)
{
try
{
$user = Admin::findOrFail($id);
$user->delete();
return response()->json(['success'=>'Record successfully deleted', 'status'=>'Suspended']);
}
// catch(Exception $e) catch any exception
catch(ModelNotFoundException $e)
{
return response()->json(['error'=>'Record you are trying to delete does not exist']);
}
}
}
I have tried the below commands and they all run successfully but none resolved the error
php artisan clear-compiled
composer dump-autoload
php artisan optimize
php artisan route:cache
Don't know from where this Users controller class in being referenced.
Can anyone help me in this regard as I'm badly stuck in my development.
Much Regards,
Javed

Answer 1

#ClémentBaconnier the error is resolved now. I made the changes in api.php to Route::middleware('auth:api')->get('/user', 'backend\Users#AuthRouteAPI'); and now all my routes are listed. Thanks u soooo much for ur advice.