This works for me, do you have your composer.json file set up properly?
Make sure the scripts section is set up properly and then run composer dump-autoload.
composer.json
"scripts": {
"post-update-cmd": [
"php artisan clear-compiled",
"php artisan ide-helper:generate",
"php artisan optimize"
] ...
},
Here is what my _ide_helper.php file looks like.
_ide_helper.php
class Form extends \Illuminate\Html\FormFacade{
/**
* Open up a new HTML form.
*
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function open($options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::open($options);
}
/**
* Create a new model based form builder.
*
* @param mixed $model
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function model($model, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::model($model, $options);
}
/**
* Set the model instance on the form builder.
*
* @param mixed $model
* @return void
* @static
*/
public static function setModel($model){
\Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::setModel($model);
}
/**
* Close the current form.
*
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function close(){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::close();
}
/**
* Generate a hidden field with the current CSRF token.
*
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function token(){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::token();
}
/**
* Create a form label element.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $value
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function label($name, $value = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::label($name, $value, $options);
}
/**
* Create a form input field.
*
* @param string $type
* @param string $name
* @param string $value
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function input($type, $name, $value = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::input($type, $name, $value, $options);
}
/**
* Create a text input field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $value
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function text($name, $value = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::text($name, $value, $options);
}
/**
* Create a password input field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function password($name, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::password($name, $options);
}
/**
* Create a hidden input field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $value
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function hidden($name, $value = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::hidden($name, $value, $options);
}
/**
* Create an e-mail input field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $value
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function email($name, $value = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::email($name, $value, $options);
}
/**
* Create a url input field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $value
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function url($name, $value = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::url($name, $value, $options);
}
/**
* Create a file input field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function file($name, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::file($name, $options);
}
/**
* Create a textarea input field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $value
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function textarea($name, $value = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::textarea($name, $value, $options);
}
/**
* Create a select box field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param array $list
* @param string $selected
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function select($name, $list = array(), $selected = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::select($name, $list, $selected, $options);
}
/**
* Create a select range field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $begin
* @param string $end
* @param string $selected
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function selectRange($name, $begin, $end, $selected = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::selectRange($name, $begin, $end, $selected, $options);
}
/**
* Create a select year field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $begin
* @param string $end
* @param string $selected
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function selectYear(){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::selectYear();
}
/**
* Create a select month field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $selected
* @param array $options
* @param string $format
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function selectMonth($name, $selected = null, $options = array(), $format = '%B'){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::selectMonth($name, $selected, $options, $format);
}
/**
* Get the select option for the given value.
*
* @param string $display
* @param string $value
* @param string $selected
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function getSelectOption($display, $value, $selected){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::getSelectOption($display, $value, $selected);
}
/**
* Create a checkbox input field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param mixed $value
* @param bool $checked
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function checkbox($name, $value = 1, $checked = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::checkbox($name, $value, $checked, $options);
}
/**
* Create a radio button input field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param mixed $value
* @param bool $checked
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function radio($name, $value = null, $checked = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::radio($name, $value, $checked, $options);
}
/**
* Create a HTML reset input element.
*
* @param string $value
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function reset($value, $attributes = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::reset($value, $attributes);
}
/**
* Create a HTML image input element.
*
* @param string $url
* @param string $name
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function image($url, $name = null, $attributes = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::image($url, $name, $attributes);
}
/**
* Create a submit button element.
*
* @param string $value
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function submit($value = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::submit($value, $options);
}
/**
* Create a button element.
*
* @param string $value
* @param array $options
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function button($value = null, $options = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::button($value, $options);
}
/**
* Get the ID attribute for a field name.
*
* @param string $name
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function getIdAttribute($name, $attributes){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::getIdAttribute($name, $attributes);
}
/**
* Get the value that should be assigned to the field.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $value
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function getValueAttribute($name, $value = null){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::getValueAttribute($name, $value);
}
/**
* Get a value from the session's old input.
*
* @param string $name
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function old($name){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::old($name);
}
/**
* Determine if the old input is empty.
*
* @return bool
* @static
*/
public static function oldInputIsEmpty(){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::oldInputIsEmpty();
}
/**
* Get the session store implementation.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Session\Store $session
* @static
*/
public static function getSessionStore(){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::getSessionStore();
}
/**
* Set the session store implementation.
*
* @param \Illuminate\Session\Store $session
* @return $this
* @static
*/
public static function setSessionStore($session){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::setSessionStore($session);
}
/**
* Register a custom macro.
*
* @param string $name
* @param callable $macro
* @return void
* @static
*/
public static function macro($name, $macro){
\Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::macro($name, $macro);
}
/**
* Checks if macro is registered.
*
* @param string $name
* @return bool
* @static
*/
public static function hasMacro($name){
return \Illuminate\Html\FormBuilder::hasMacro($name);
}
}
class Html extends \Illuminate\Html\HtmlFacade{
/**
* Convert an HTML string to entities.
*
* @param string $value
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function entities($value){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::entities($value);
}
/**
* Convert entities to HTML characters.
*
* @param string $value
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function decode($value){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::decode($value);
}
/**
* Generate a link to a JavaScript file.
*
* @param string $url
* @param array $attributes
* @param bool $secure
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function script($url, $attributes = array(), $secure = null){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::script($url, $attributes, $secure);
}
/**
* Generate a link to a CSS file.
*
* @param string $url
* @param array $attributes
* @param bool $secure
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function style($url, $attributes = array(), $secure = null){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::style($url, $attributes, $secure);
}
/**
* Generate an HTML image element.
*
* @param string $url
* @param string $alt
* @param array $attributes
* @param bool $secure
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function image($url, $alt = null, $attributes = array(), $secure = null){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::image($url, $alt, $attributes, $secure);
}
/**
* Generate a HTML link.
*
* @param string $url
* @param string $title
* @param array $attributes
* @param bool $secure
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function link($url, $title = null, $attributes = array(), $secure = null){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::link($url, $title, $attributes, $secure);
}
/**
* Generate a HTTPS HTML link.
*
* @param string $url
* @param string $title
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function secureLink($url, $title = null, $attributes = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::secureLink($url, $title, $attributes);
}
/**
* Generate a HTML link to an asset.
*
* @param string $url
* @param string $title
* @param array $attributes
* @param bool $secure
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function linkAsset($url, $title = null, $attributes = array(), $secure = null){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::linkAsset($url, $title, $attributes, $secure);
}
/**
* Generate a HTTPS HTML link to an asset.
*
* @param string $url
* @param string $title
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function linkSecureAsset($url, $title = null, $attributes = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::linkSecureAsset($url, $title, $attributes);
}
/**
* Generate a HTML link to a named route.
*
* @param string $name
* @param string $title
* @param array $parameters
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function linkRoute($name, $title = null, $parameters = array(), $attributes = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::linkRoute($name, $title, $parameters, $attributes);
}
/**
* Generate a HTML link to a controller action.
*
* @param string $action
* @param string $title
* @param array $parameters
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function linkAction($action, $title = null, $parameters = array(), $attributes = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::linkAction($action, $title, $parameters, $attributes);
}
/**
* Generate a HTML link to an email address.
*
* @param string $email
* @param string $title
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function mailto($email, $title = null, $attributes = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::mailto($email, $title, $attributes);
}
/**
* Obfuscate an e-mail address to prevent spam-bots from sniffing it.
*
* @param string $email
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function email($email){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::email($email);
}
/**
* Generate an ordered list of items.
*
* @param array $list
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function ol($list, $attributes = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::ol($list, $attributes);
}
/**
* Generate an un-ordered list of items.
*
* @param array $list
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function ul($list, $attributes = array()){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::ul($list, $attributes);
}
/**
* Build an HTML attribute string from an array.
*
* @param array $attributes
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function attributes($attributes){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::attributes($attributes);
}
/**
* Obfuscate a string to prevent spam-bots from sniffing it.
*
* @param string $value
* @return string
* @static
*/
public static function obfuscate($value){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::obfuscate($value);
}
/**
* Register a custom macro.
*
* @param string $name
* @param callable $macro
* @return void
* @static
*/
public static function macro($name, $macro){
\Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::macro($name, $macro);
}
/**
* Checks if macro is registered.
*
* @param string $name
* @return bool
* @static
*/
public static function hasMacro($name){
return \Illuminate\Html\HtmlBuilder::hasMacro($name);
}
}
EDIT
Do you have you config/app.php and composer.json files set up properly?
app.php
'providers' => [
...
Barryvdh\LaravelIdeHelper\IdeHelperServiceProvider::class,
Illuminate\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,
...
];
'aliases' => [
...
'Form' => Illuminate\Html\FormFacade::class,
'Html' => Illuminate\Html\HtmlFacade::class,
...
];
composer.json
"require": {
...
"illuminate/html": "~5.0",
...
},
"require-dev": {
...
"barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper": "~2.0",
...
},
