How to get the url in laravel ?

I make the following instructions:

  1. I connect helper

     use Illuminate\Routing\Controller; 
  2. I deduce $url = Request::url();

Displays error:

Cannot use Illuminate \ Routing \ Controller as Controller because the name is already in use

    1 answer 1

    You have already used the name Controller

    Request this facade and correctly call it so

     namespace App\Http\Controllers; use Illuminate\Http\Request; use Illuminate\Routing\Controller; class UserController extends Controller { public function store(Request $request) { $name = $request::url(); // } }