I am a PHP beginner and learning Laravel (currently Laravel 9). I have seen some tutorials, and I am experimenting with them. I noticed that there are many classes defined in the framework itself. I want to know whether there is a guide explaining the implementation and usage of these classes.
For example, there are Illuminate\Http\Response and Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response classes. Both seem to have the same usage, but I could be wrong.
There are some other questions, too, like a global namespace response() which creates a new response instance, so why would I use Illuminate\Http\Response or Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response to create a new instance?
Are there any guides where it specifies when, where, and why we would use those classes? Are there any rules for such situations?
I also couldn't find a complete guide for handling audio files and creating an audio player before finding the solution here in ronline's answer.
You can find more information about the Laravel classes in the API. In the case of Illuminate\Http\Response and Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response, you can find them here:
https://laravel.com/api/master/Illuminate/Http/Response.html https://laravel.com/api/master/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Response.html
If you want more info on the difference between Illuminate\Http\Response and Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response, the facade doesn't have the header method. This is answered here (in the comments):
Laravel 5.2- Call to undefined method Illuminate\Support\Facades\Response::header()
This website seems to give more information on response objects: