cannot use class because it is not a trait

Question

I have followed the tutorial here on building a validation service for laravel. I am having issues now when trying to call the validator from one of my controllers. I am seeing

Answer 1

Your 'use' statement should be above the class definition of validController

Answer 2

Try putting the use before the class declaration:

<?php // namespace Portal\Controllers;

use \Portal\Service\Validation\Laravel\AppInstancesValidator;

class validController extends BaseController {

    public function validateInstance() {}

}