[FIXED] Laravel - How is Kernel created?

Issue

In public\index.php, I just dump the $kernel variable like this:

$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';
$kernel = $app->make(Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class);

dd($kernel);die;

The result of passing $kernel to dd() is Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel not Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel. How is Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel created?

Solution

Laravel knows how to resolve the instance given the bindings in bootstrap/app.php:

$app->singleton(
    Illuminate\Contracts\Http\Kernel::class,
    App\Http\Kernel::class
);

Answered By - adam