Laravel 5.2 - Adding laravelcollective/html 5.2 throws errors

Question

I'm using Laravel v5.2 and have followed the instructions below to install laravelcollective/html, but it still throws errors:

Browser: FatalErrorException in ProviderRepository.php line 119: Call to undefined method Collective\Html\FormFacade::isDeferred()

Artisan: [Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException] Call to undefined method Collective\Html\FormFacade::isDeferred()

Also tried 5.2.*-dev, but get the same errors.

Hope someone can help!

Command:

composer require laravelcollective/html

Added to composer.json "require" group:

"laravelcollective/html": "5.2.*"
composer update

Added to config/app.php in providers group:

Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,

In aliases group:

'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,

Have you checked to see if the actual class files exist in the vendor directory? — RCrowt
Can you show the source code of the function you are trying to call? — RCrowt
Heh. Haven't gotten that far yet. This is just the initial setup. I'm doing a tutorial (flynsarmy.com/2015/02/…) and Part 2 begins with requiring laravelcollective/html. The author is is using 5.0, I'm on 5.2. Maybe I should just start over using L5.0. — Tim Spencer
Thanks for responding, RCrowt. It was a stupid mistake on my part - I had the facades under service providers instead of aliases. — Tim Spencer

Stoyan Nedev Stoyan Nedev · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-16T08:38:38

I hope it is not too late, but maybe answer on your question will be useful for a future reference. So, here is step by step:

1) In the root of your laravel package open composer.json file in "require" group should be added this line:

"laravelcollective/html": "5.2.*"

It should look similar to: "require": { "php": ">=5.5.9", "laravel/framework": "5.2.", "laravelcollective/html": "5.2." },

2) Open command prompt or Git Bash and update the composer with command:

composer update

The composer will update within about one or two minutes.

3) Open config/app.php add this line in providers group:

Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,

and don't forget to separate the previous class by comma. It should look like:

Illuminate\Validation\ValidationServiceProvider::class,
Illuminate\View\ViewServiceProvider::class,
Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,

4) In the same file in aliases group add these alias:

'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,

so it should look like:

'View' => Illuminate\Support\Facades\View::class,
'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,

I hope this will help to anyone who use Laravel 5.2.*