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Target class [AppHttpControllersPdfController] does not exist but it is there and syntax is correct – PHP

I have read many posts on similar problem… nothing works.

1/ I installed the package with composer.

composer require barryvdh/laravel-dompdf

2/ Created app/Http/Controllers/PdfController.php

 namespace AppHttpControllers;
 
 use PDF;
 use IlluminateHttpRequest;
 
 class PdfController extends Controller
 {
     public function index() 
     {
         $pdf = PDF::loadView('pdf.sample', [
             'title' => 'CodeAndDeploy.com Laravel Pdf Tutorial',
             'description' => 'This is an example Laravel pdf tutorial.',
             'footer' => 'by <a href="https://codeanddeploy.com">codeanddeploy.com</a>'
         ]);
 
         return $pdf->download('sample.pdf');
     }
 }

3/ added the route in web.php (the syntax works for my other routes)

 // pdf
 //Route::get('/pdf', [PdfController::class, 'index']); (originally)
 Route::get('/pdf', 'AppHttpControllersPdfController@index')->name('pdf');

4/ cleaned as much as possible

 php artisan cache:clear
 php artisan optimize
 php artisan route:clear

5/ if I run xxx/pdf or php artisan route:list, I get the error

 Target class [AppHttpControllersPdfController] does not exist.
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  1. Chosen as BEST ANSWER
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    Sometimes strange things happen. My Mac was not saving files... so although I could see the controller as saved in VSCode... it was not saved on disk... so weird! After rebooting, everything worked fine.


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    php artisan optimize is actually for caching, rather than just clearing – I wouldn’t recommend using it during development.

    php artisan cache:clear // Flushes application cache
php artisan route:clear // Clears compiled routes
php artisan view:clear // Clears compiled views

    The above deal with views, routes and cache data, but you likely need a way to clear your cached php class list (as PdfController is not being detected, but the file exists).

    composer dumpautoload // Regenerates list of autoloaded classes

    dumpautoload @ composer docs

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