title: How do I call a model in Laravel 5?
body: <p>I'm trying to get the hang of Laravel 5 and have a question which is probably very simple to solve but I'm struggling. </p>
  
  <p>I have a controller named TestController and it resides in \app\Http\Controllers</p>
  
  <p>This is the controller:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php 
  namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
  class TestController extends Controller {
  
      public function test()
      {
  
      $diamonds = diamonds::find(1);
      var_dump($diamonds);
      }
  
  
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then I have a model I created that resides in /app:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  
  namespace App;
  
  
  class diamonds extends Model {
  
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Put all other mistakes aside which I'm sure there are, my problem is that laravel throws an error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>FatalErrorException in TestController.php line 10: Class
    'App\Http\Controllers\diamonds' not found</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So, how do I get the controller to understand I'm pointing to a model and not to a controller?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance... </p>