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laravel validation form-request PHP

I'm migrating some code and Hey everyone, I'm running into an issue that's driving me crazy. I'm trying to implement a custom validation rule in Laravel 10, but I'm running into a 'Class not found' behavior when I reference it in my FormRequest. I created a custom validation rule class using the artisan command `php artisan make:rule UniqueEmail`, and it generated the class in the `app/Rules` directory. Here’s what my rule looks like: ```php namespace App\Rules; use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule; use App\Models\User; class UniqueEmail implements Rule { public function passes($attribute, $value) { return !User::where('email', $value)->exists(); } public function message() { return 'The :attribute has already been taken.'; } } ``` In my FormRequest, I'm trying to use this custom rule like this: ```php namespace App\Http\Requests; use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest; use App\Rules\UniqueEmail; class RegisterRequest extends FormRequest { public function rules() { return [ 'email' => ['required', 'email', new UniqueEmail()], 'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8'], ]; } } ``` However, when I submit the form, I get the following behavior message: ``` Class 'App\Http\Requests\UniqueEmail' not found ``` I've double-checked the namespace in the custom rule and the import statement in the FormRequest, and they seem correct. I even ran `composer dump-autoload` to ensure that the autoload files are up to date. I’m not sure why the application can’t find the `UniqueEmail` class. Has anyone encountered a similar scenario or can you suggest what I might be missing? How would you solve this? Has anyone else encountered this? This is part of a larger microservice I'm building. Am I missing something obvious?