I am a beiggner in Laravel. How can we fix this? - laravel

Question

I am a beginner, building a bulletin board using Laravel.
I got this error:
Class 'LaravelForum\Http\Controllers\Discussion' not found
>
public function index()
> {
>
> return view('discussions.index', [
> 'discussions' => Discussion::paginate(5)
> ]);
>
> // $discussions = Discussion::paginate(5);
>
> // return view('discussions.index');
>
> }
>
> /**
> * Show the form for creating a new resource.
> *
> * #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
> */
> public function create()
> {
> //
> return view('discussions.create');
> }
>
> /**
> Arguments
> "Class 'LaravelForum\Http\Controllers\Discussion' not found"
This is the content of the file in question:
C:\laravel-apps\bulletin-board\app\Http\Controllers\DiscussionsController.php
<?php
namespace LaravelForum\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use LaravelForum\Http\Requests\CreateDiscussionRequest;
class DiscussionsController extends Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth')->only(['create', 'store']);
}
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function index()
{
return view('discussions.index', [
'discussions' => Discussion::paginate(5)
]);
// $discussions = Discussion::paginate(5);
// return view('discussions.index');
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function create()
{
//
return view('discussions.create');
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function store(CreateDiscussionRequest $request)
{
//
auth()->user()->discussions()->create([
'title' => $request->title,
'content' => $request->content,
'channel_id' => $request->channel,
'slug' => str_slug($request->title),
]);
session()->flash('success', 'Discussin posted .');
return redirect()->route('discussion.index');
}
/**
* Display the specified resource.
*
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function show($id)
{
//
}
/**
* Show the form for editing the specified resource.
*
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function edit($id)
{
//
}
/**
* Update the specified resource in storage.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
//
}
/**
* Remove the specified resource from storage.
*
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function destroy($id)
{
//
}
}
C:\laravel-apps\bulletin-board\app\Http\Controllers\HomeController.php
<?php
namespace LaravelForum\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
/**
* Create a new controller instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth');
}
/**
* Show the application dashboard.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Renderable
*/
public function index()
{
return view('home');
}
}

Answer 1

In your DiscussionsController add this line at the use section.
use LaravelForum\Discussion;

Answer 2

add this line in Your DiscussionsController
use LaravelForum\Discussion;