Laravel 5 Event Handler Not Firing

Question

So I\'m trying out the new Laravel 5 Event methodology.

In my repository, I\'m firing the event \"KitchenStored\" as so:

//  Events
use App\\Events\\         


        

Answer 1

This is an older question, but I came across this same issue and for me, it was because I'd added my new Event to the service provider but crucially I had not imported it. For anyone in 2020 with this issue, check that you have imported the event.

Answer 2

If you run php artisan optimize, your event handlers should start listening.

Credit to mattstauffer from the larachat slack channel for that one.

Answer 3

In EventServiceProvider.php, include the leading \ when referencing a class using the ::class notation:

protected $listener = [
    \App\Events\KitchenStored::class => [
      \App\Handlers\Events\AttachCurrentUserToKitchen::class,
    ],
];

You could also add use statements and keep your listener mappings short:

use App\Events\KitchenStored;
use App\Handlers\Events\AttachCurrentUserToKitchen;
...
protected $listener = [
    KitchenStored::class => [
      AttachCurrentUserToKitchen:class,
    ],
];

Or just use the string notation:

protected $listener = [
    'App\Events\KitchenStored' => [
      'App\Handlers\Events\AttachCurrentUserToKitchen',
    ],
];

Answer 4

I ran

composer dumpautoload

followed by

php artisan clear-compiled

Then my events began firing.

Answer 5

I had a similar issue and I fixed it by deleting the vendor\compiled.php file. Then I run "composer update" again and now the handler is firing as expected.

Answer 6

Don't be like me and cache your events locally to test something, then forget to clear that cache