How to add my own custom class in Laravel 5? - class

Question

Ok, in laravel 4, if I want to add my own custom class, eg : library\myFunction.php then I do the following steps :
add "myFunctions.php" into app/library/myFunctiosn.php
at app/start/global.php , within ClassLoader::addDirectories(array( , I add app_path().'/library',
And to call it within my blade view, I add the following codes
<?php
$FmyFunctions1 = new myFunctions;
$is_ok1=($FmyFunctions1->is_ok());
?>
The contents of app/library/myFunctions.php is :
<?php namespace App\library {
class myFunctions {
public function is_ok() {
return 'myFunction is OK';
}
}
}
?>
And it works.
But how to do so in Laravel 5 ???
PS : I read What are the best practices and best places for laravel 4 helpers or basic functions?
And tried to add "app/library/", to the autoload array and run composer dum-autoload , but it keeps give me error :
FatalErrorException in xxxx line xx: Class 'myFunctions' not found
I'm also already trying to use :
composer update
composer dump-autoload
php artisan dump
php artisan clear-compiled
php artisan dump-autoload
php artisan optimize
php artisan route:clear
php artisan route:scan
php artisan route:list
But still doesn't work...

Answer 1

This should help you.
FYI:
Basically, you could create another directory within app, and then namespace your files in there as appropriate:
app/CustomStuff/CustomDirectory/SomeClass.php.
Then, within your SomeClass.php, make sure you namespace it:
<?php
namespace App\CustomStuff\CustomDirectory;
class Someclass {}
Now, you can access this class using the namespace within your classes:
use App\CustomStuff\CustomDirectory\SomeClass;

Answer 2

After some trial and error, I found the answer.
There is no need to modify Composer. Just modify the Blade into:
<?php
$FmyFunctions1 = new \App\library\myFunctions;
$is_ok = ($FmyFunctions1->is_ok());
?>