Magento 2 Class *Factory does not exist

Question

I was trying to install a plugin and I removed var/generation and var/cache/*. I've checked the MAGE_MODE and I'm in developer but now when I access the front-end and the admin I get random errors saying mean things like: Class Magento\Customer\Model\CustomerFactory does not exist

Class Magento\Sales\Model\ResourceModel\Report\OrderFactory does not exist

Some of the classes are being created, but not all. I've tried clearing cache again, and the generation folder but then I just get the same errors.

Any ideas?

I had to clean the var/generation folder a few times, go to the home page first, the clean, then admin, then login, then clean... and it worked...?? I don't understand this — jstrez77, Feb 24 '16 at 17:00

Mukesh Chapagain · Answer 1 · 2023-08-07T21:10:57.440

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Magento 2 generates Factory classes inside var/generation directory. So, if there is folder permission issue or folder owner issue with that directory then the factory class cannot be generated and you get such error.

When you clear var/generation directory and set appropriate permission to it then this error should be solved.

See more on Code generation in Magento 2

edited Aug 07 '23 at 21:10

answered Mar 24 '16 at 18:20

Mukesh Chapagain

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Could be also var/di or var/cache, see https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.2/install-gde/trouble/tshoot_wrong-mysql.html – Yvan Sep 28 '18 at 10:44
Funny how it always come back to basics. Lol, I need to stop having denials. – Mohammed Joraid Sep 18 '20 at 04:14
@Mukesh Chapagain Code generation in Magento 2 link is not working. Please add the appropriate link. – Savan Dholu Jul 12 '22 at 11:54
@SavanDholu Updated the answer with a working link. Thanks. – Mukesh Chapagain Aug 07 '23 at 21:11

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 20 '16 at 09:03

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For me, i removed var/generation folder then i ran magento setup:di:compile which generated all necessary classes.

(in my case : Then i was encountered with cache issue, i removed initial cache folder.)

Then it solved my issue. Cheers !!

answered Aug 20 '16 at 09:03

Suman K.C

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needed to change files owner at the end – moshe beeri Oct 09 '16 at 20:45

score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 27 '18 at 13:02

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In magento new versions like 2.2.2 and above this code generation path changed to

<Magento root folder>/generated

so you need to check permissions for this folder as well. You need to run following command at the root of Magento installation directory will resolve this issue:

sudo chmod -R 777 generated/

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Nadeem0035

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answered Sep 03 '18 at 08:11

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clear cache as well in start – Hassan Ali Shahzad Sep 03 '18 at 08:13
its work for me – matinict Sep 24 '18 at 06:33

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 27 '18 at 13:12

Magento 2 creates the factory classes in the var/generation folder and if you add a new parameter in your __construct() and it's Factory class does not exists then Magento 2 throws the above error message. Even though there are few solutions give already for you question, i can suggest you another solution which does not require you to clear your generation folder. Please use the below command after any change is made related to Factory classes:

bin/magento setup:di:compile

This command can be more useful on production server.

score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Aug 10 '19 at 11:53

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It's just <magento-root>/var/ folder permission issue.

Execute below command using CLI mode

sudo chmod -R 777 var/

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answered Mar 19 '18 at 03:41

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score -2 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 14 '16 at 06:18

Class ...Factory does not exist means your model class not loaded. As Magento 2 based on modular programming so we need to specify the model class where we want to use explicitly. We can use our model class in two types:

1.by "use"

use Magento\Customer\Setup\CustomerSetupFactory;

public function __construct(CustomerSetupFactory $customerSetupFactory)
{
    $this->customerSetupFactory = $customerSetupFactory;
}

Directly

public function __construct(Magento\Customer\Setup\CustomerSetupFactory $customerSetupFactory){

$this->customerSetupFactory = $customerSetupFactory;

}

When you hit the URL(http://domain.com/your module frontname) of your plugin on browser than the Magento generate the code for your module as below:

\var\generation\Your Vendor Directory\Your Module Directory\Controller
\var\generation\Your Vendor Directory\Your Module Directory\Model

In your case you need to check the "CustomerFactory" and "OrderFactory" is used as above format or not.

score -2 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 11 '19 at 06:17

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Give 777 permission and change ownership to www-data of generated/code folder and then run the command sudo php bin/magento setup:di:compile clear cache and boom your problem is solved

answered Jul 11 '19 at 06:17

Mohammed Muzammil

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setting permissions to 777 is a security vulverability – Cypher909 Jun 30 '20 at 20:29

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