Laravel Auto Import 🚀

A smart VS Code extension that brings PhpStorm-like import intelligence to Laravel development.

It automatically imports Laravel facades, models, and classes — and safely removes unused imports without breaking your code.

⚡ Why this exists

Laravel developers constantly deal with:

• Missing use statements
• Repeated imports
• Manual cleanup of unused classes
• Slower workflow compared to PhpStorm

Laravel Auto Import fixes all of that automatically.

✨ Features

🔹 Smart Auto Imports

Automatically imports:

• Laravel Facades (Auth, DB, Cache, Route)
• Eloquent Models (User, Product, Order, etc.)
• Utility Classes (Str, Carbon)
• Eloquent Relations (HasMany, BelongsTo, etc.)

🔹 PhpStorm-Level Cleanup Engine

On file save, it automatically removes unused imports safely.

It understands:

• Static usage (Auth::user())
• Object creation (new User())
• Inheritance (extends Model)
• Interfaces (implements Interface)
• Type-hint injection (Request $request) ✅
• Constructor injection (__construct(Request $request))

🔹 Smart Model Detection

If a model exists in:

app/Models/

````text

It automatically resolves:
```php
User::all();

Into:

use App\Models\User;

🔹 Zero Configuration

• Works instantly after installation
• No setup required
• Lightweight and fast

🧠 How It Works

Auto Import Flow

When you type:

Auth::user();
User::all();
HasMany;

It automatically adds:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;

Cleanup Flow (on save)

If you remove usage:

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

public function store(Request $request)

The import is safely preserved or removed based on real usage detection.

🚀 Example

Before

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class UserController
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        Auth::user();
    }
}

After Cleanup + Smart Import

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class UserController
{
    public function index(Request $request)
    {
        Auth::user();
    }
}

⚙️ Settings

"laravelAutoImport.enable": true,
"laravelAutoImport.debounceTime": 400,
"laravelAutoImport.enableCleanup": true

📦 Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions
3. Search: Laravel Auto Import
4. Click Install
5. Start coding in Laravel 🚀

💡 What makes this different?

Unlike basic auto-import extensions:

✔ Understands Laravel structure ✔ Supports models + facades + relations ✔ Cleans unused imports safely ✔ Prevents false deletion of type-hints ✔ Behaves like PhpStorm intelligence

🔥 Future Improvements

• AST-based parsing engine
• Import sorting (PSR-12 standard)
• Full Laravel container awareness
• AI-powered import prediction
• Auto-import on paste
• Blade file support

👨‍💻 Author

Ibrahim Ishaq

Building developer tools that improve Laravel productivity inside VS Code.

📄 License

MIT License — free to use and modify.

⭐ Support

If you find this useful:

• ⭐ Star the repo
• 📦 Install from Marketplace
• 🔁 Share with Laravel developers