php - Response::json() - Laravel 5.1

Question

I am trying to return Response::json('data', $request); however, I am getting an error:

FatalErrorException in ProjectsController.php line 74: Call to undefined method IlluminateHttpResponse::json()

Where is the Response::json() is located? What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

use the helper function in laravel 5.1 instead:

return response()->json(['name' => 'Abigail', 'state' => 'CA']);

This will create an instance of IlluminateRoutingResponseFactory. See the phpDocs for possible parameters below:

/**
* Return a new JSON response from the application.
*
* @param string|array $data
* @param int $status
* @param array $headers
* @param int $options
* @return SymfonyComponentHttpFoundationResponse 
* @static 
*/
public static function json($data = array(), $status = 200, $headers = array(), $options = 0){

    return IlluminateRoutingResponseFactory::json($data, $status, $headers, $options);
}