Error: Class not found when running custom command in Winter CMS

[01Kuzma]

Hello!
With a colleague, we are trying to write an app which is working with DB and the Trask manager (CRON).

The Winter CMS version is 1.2.3 installed in Windows with a web installer.

Firstly we have created a Plugin which adds the entries to DB. That's OK, but the Task Manager's part is not working.
We have registered the command as follows in the Plugin.php:

<?php namespace Kuzma\Employees;

use Kuzma\Employees\Console\Commands\CheckDatesCommand;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event; 
use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
use System\Classes\PluginBase;

class Plugin extends PluginBase
{
    public function registerComponents()
    {
    }

    public function registerSettings()
    {
    }
	
    public function boot()
    {     

        Event::listen('scheduler.beforeSchedule', function (Schedule $schedule) {
            $schedule->command('employees:check-dates')->daily();
        });
    }	
	
    public function register()
    {
        $this->registerConsoleCommand('employees:check-dates', CheckDatesCommand::class);
    }	
}

The CheckDatesCommand.php is placed here: C:\laragon\www\project_name\plugins\kuzma\employees\classes\console\commands\

CheckDatesCommand.php:

<?php
namespace Kuzma\Employees\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Kuzma\Employees\Models\Employee;

class CheckDatesCommand extends Command
{
    protected $signature = 'employees:check-dates';

    protected $description = 'Check dates and update fields accordingly';

    public function handle()
    {
         //...
        }

        $this->info('Dates checked and fields updated successfully.');
    }

    private function sendReminderEmail(Employee $employee)
    {

    }
}

Once the command php artisan employees:check-dates run, we have these errors:

C:\laragon\www\project_name>php artisan employees:check-dates

In Container.php line 891:

  Target class [Kuzma\Employees\Console\Commands\CheckDatesCommand] does not exist.


In Container.php line 889:

  Class "Kuzma\Employees\Console\Commands\CheckDatesCommand" does not exist

What's missing? Thank you!

[bennothommo]

Hi @01Kuzma, it might be the file path you are using. It should be C:\laragon\www\project_name\plugins\kuzma\employees\console\commands\ (ie. not including the classes subdirectory) in order for the class loader to find the correct file based on the namespace you are using for the class.

[01Kuzma]

Thank you for the answer @bennothommo!
I've excluded the classes folder, now the structure looks:
C:\laragon\www\project_name\plugins\kuzma\employees\console\commands\

But the errors are the same :(

C:\laragon\www\project_name>php artisan employees:check-dates

In Container.php line 891:

  Target class [Kuzma\Employees\Console\Commands\CheckDatesCommand] does not exist.


In Container.php line 889:

  Class "Kuzma\Employees\Console\Commands\CheckDatesCommand" does not exist

Also, if I ran different command, for example: php artisan cache:clear
The error is the same... From that plugin

[01Kuzma]

It seems, that this was the issue namespace Kuzma\Employees\Console\Commands; :)

it should look like:

<?php
namespace Kuzma\Employees\Console\Commands;

use Winter\Storm\Console\Command;
use Kuzma\Employees\Models\Employee;

class CheckDatesCommand extends Command
{
}