Laravel 8: Class 'App\Policies\Gate' not found

Question

I have defined a Policy named UserPolicy which goes like this:

class UserPolicy
{
    use HandlesAuthorization;

    public function edit(User $user)
    {
        if(Gate::allows('edit', $user)){
            return view('admin.users.edit' , compact('user'));
        }
        abort(403);
    }
}

And at AuthServiceProvider.php, I have called it like this:

protected $policies = [
        // 'App\Models\Model' => 'App\Policies\ModelPolicy',
        User::class => UserPolicy::class
    ];

Then at the Blade, I added this:

@can('edit', $user)
   <a href="{{ route('users.edit' , ['user' => $user->id]) }}" class="btn btn-sm btn-primary">Edit</a>
@endcan

But now, I get this error:

Class 'App\Policies\Gate' not found

How can I fix this issue?

Answer 1

Look like you have not imported Gate facade in UserPolicy class

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;