Exception when try to create a Controller without the base abstract Controller

[devajmeireles]

Laravel Version

11.0.3

PHP Version

8.2.16

Database Driver & Version

SQLite

Description

Starting from the Laravel 11 we can delete the base abstract Controller and remove all extends, the application will continue work without any error, but when we do that we have an error when we try to create a new controller by using the Artisan.

The question is: the base abstract Controller is mandatory or not? If the answer to this question is not, then this exception is wrong.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Prepare a fresh Laravel 11 application
2. Delete the base abstract Controller
3. Try to create a new controller by using Artisan

[crynobone]

Unable to recreate the issue.

[devajmeireles]

I created a fresh Laravel 11 and the same error happened.

I was only able to create a new controller without the base abstract Controller when I ran:

composer dump-autoload

I think this is happening because Laravel 11 uses class_exists to check if the Controller file exists. I will suggest a PR that uses file_exists, because if this file is moved, the base abstract controller will not be used anyway since the code uses a hard-coded reference to this file:

framework/src/Illuminate/Routing/Console/ControllerMakeCommand.php

Line 130 in eac3418

$baseControllerExists = class_exists($rootNamespace.'Http\Controllers\Controller');

[driesvints]

I was able to reproduce this. We should indeed do the file_exists check.

[devajmeireles]

I was able to reproduce this. We should indeed do the file_exists check.

Thanks for the PR. I forgot to do that yesterday! 😅