Laravel Controller Middleware
Controller Middleware
Middleware can be assigned to the controller`s routes in our route files:
Route::get(‘profile’, ‘UserController@show’) ->middleware(‘auth’);
It is more convenient to specify middleware within our controller`s constructor. Using the middleware method from our controller`s constructor, we can easily assign middleware to the controller`s action.
We even restrict the middleware to only certain methods on the controller class:
class UserController extends Controller { /** * Instantiate a new controller instance. * * @return void */ public function __construct() { $this->middleware('auth'); $this->middleware('log')->only('index'); $this->middleware('subscribed')->except('store'); } }
Controllers allow us to register middleware using a closure. It provides a convenient way to define a middleware for a single controller without defining an entire middleware class:
$this->middleware(function ($request, $next) { // ………. return $next($request); });
We assign middleware to a subset of controller actions; however, it indicates our controller is growing too large. Consider breaking our controller into multiple, smaller controllers.