Laravel Facade and Service Provider

Question

This is my first time using Laravel's Facades and Service Providers (I'm on Laravel 5).

I have this ServiceProvider:

<?php namespace App\Providers;
...
class AccessServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {
    public function register() {
        $this->app->alias('access', 'App\Services\Permissions\Permissions');
        $this->app->bindShared('access', function() {
            return new Permissions();
        });
        return new App\Services\Permissions\Permissions();
    }

    public function provides(){
        return ['App\Services\Permissions\Permissions'];
    }
}

My Permissions class looks like this:

<?php namespace App\Services\Permissions;
class Permissions{
    private $permissions;
    public function __construct(){
        $this->permissions =  [
            "AssignQuotes" => new CanAssignQuotesPermission()
        ];
    }

    public function hasPermission($permission, $user){
        return $this->permissions[$permission]->canDo($user->role_id);
    }
}

I added this to my aliases in app.php:

'Access' => 'App\Services\Permissions\Access'

I added this to my providers in app.php:

'App\Providers\AccessServiceProvider',

I created this Facade class:

<?php namespace App\Services\Permissions;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Facade;

class Access extends Facade {
    protected static function getFacadeAccessor() { return 'access'; }
}

From my understanding, I register an alias, which points to a Facade class which references a binding which points to a class.

I registered the binding in the ServiceProvider which I registered in the app.php.

Now in my routes file I am testing with the following code:

Route::get('test', function(){
    $user = User::find(1);
    $access = Access::hasPermission("AssignQuotes", $user);
    return "test";
}

However I am getting this error:

FatalErrorException in Facade.php line 213:
Call to undefined method App\Services\Permissions\Access::hasPermission()

Laravel 5. Sorry for not including that. I've edited my post — ajon
Try to use get_class in Facade.php line 213 to see what kind of object you have there. — bernie
When I use get_class I get: App\Services\Permissions\Access. Should I be getting the other class or the facade class? — ajon
The $instance should definitely.be an instance of App\Services\Permissions\Permissions since that's the class with the hasPermission method. The __callStatic intercepts calls to non-existent static methods on the Facade and transfers it to the underlying instance. — bernie
@bernie you were right... when I call get_class now that it is working it returns the Permissions class. — ajon

bernie bernie · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-23T20:01:42

The only issues I found are :

Remove unnecessary code from your service provider:

<?php namespace App\Providers;
...
class AccessServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider {
    public function register() {
        $this->app->bind('access', 'App\Services\Permissions');
        // OR bindShared() if you need to share a single instance across the app
        $this->app->bindShared('access', function() {
            return new \App\Services\Permissions();
        });
    }

    // No need for a provides() method
}

in providers of app.php :

App\Providers\AccessServiceProvider::class,

in aliases of app.php :

'Access'      => App\Services\Permissions\Access::class,

Maybe something in there will fix it.

Laravel Facade and Service Provider

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