PHP 8.1: implementing custom autoloading causing class not found errors in a Composer-based project
I've been banging my head against this for hours. I'm not sure how to approach I'm learning this framework and I tried several approaches but none seem to work... I've looked through the documentation and I'm still confused about I'm working with a frustrating scenario with autoloading classes in my PHP 8.1 project that uses Composer for dependency management. I've followed the recommended practices for PSR-4 autoloading, but I'm still getting `Class 'App\Models\User' not found` errors when trying to instantiate my User model. Here's the directory structure of my project: ``` /src /Models User.php /composer.json ``` My `composer.json` has the following autoload section: ```json "autoload": { "psr-4": { "App\\": "src/" } } ``` The `User.php` file looks like this: ```php <?php namespace App\Models; class User { public function __construct() { echo 'User model instantiated!'; } } ``` After updating my `composer.json`, I ran `composer dump-autoload`, but when I try to create a new instance of the User class using: ```php $user = new \App\Models\User(); ``` I get the behavior mentioned above. I've double-checked the namespace declaration and the file path, and everything seems correct. Is there something specific to PHP 8.1 or Composer that could be causing this scenario? I also tried clearing the Composer cache with `composer clear-cache` but that didn't help either. Any suggestions on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated! Has anyone else encountered this? My development environment is Ubuntu. Is there a better approach? I'd be grateful for any help. I'm coming from a different tech stack and learning Php. My team is using Php for this CLI tool. What's the correct way to implement this?