How to integrate non Laravel related classes in framework? - class

Question

I have a class which I would like to use inside of my Laravel App. Where do I place this and how do I integrate in Laravel workflow
what I tried
creating
/app/libraries
--myClass.php
than in composer
"autoload": {
"classmap": [
"app/commands",
"app/controllers",
"app/models",
"app/database/migrations",
"app/database/seeds",
"app/tests/TestCase.php",
"app/services",
"app/facades",
"app/libraries",
"public/site"
]
},
composer dump-autoload
Than I would like to initiate inside of a custom Model How would I do that?
under vendor/composer/autoloaded the class is present
than in my model I init autoloaded
public function MyMethod(){
$instance = new MyClass();
var_dump($instance);
// pulled Error : Class 'App\Models\MyClass' not found
}

Answer 1

The work is almost done, now you have to make sure your class appears in
vendor/composer/autoload_classmap.php
Then you just need to use it anywhere:
class Post extends Eloquent {
public function doThing()
{
$instance = new MyClass;
}
}
If you are somehow using namespaces, you have to use them in the top of your class:
use MyClass;
use App\Classes\MyOtherClass;
class Whatever {
public function MyMethod()
{
$instance = new MyClass();
$other = new MyOtherClass();
var_dump($instance);
}
}