Laravel 8: Middleware Roles - php

Question

When someone signs up they can register as a profile or business in a drop select. From my code below, how do I create middleware so the profile user can't access the business dashboard and the business user can't access the profile dashboard? How do I protect those pages?
2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table.php
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('account_type');
$table->string('first_name');
$table->string('last_name');
$table->string('username')->unique();
$table->string('email')->unique();
$table->timestamp('email_verified_at')->nullable();
$table->string('phone');
$table->string('address', 50);
$table->string('city', 25);
$table->char('state', 2);
$table->char('zip', 10);
$table->string('password');
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
});
RegisterController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
class RegisterController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
return view('auth.register');
}
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, [
'account_type' => 'required|not_in:0',
'first_name' => 'required|max:255',
'last_name' => 'required|max:255',
'username' => 'required|max:15|unique:users',
'email' => 'required|email|unique:users',
'phone' => 'required|max:255|digits:10',
'address' => 'required|max:255',
'city' => 'required|max:20',
'state' => 'required|not_in:0',
'zip' => 'required|regex:/\b\d{5}\b/',
'password' => 'required|string|confirmed|min:8',
]);
User::create([
'account_type' => $request->account_type,
'first_name' => $request->first_name,
'last_name' => $request->last_name,
'username' => $request->username,
'email' => $request->email,
'phone' => $request->phone,
'address' => $request->address,
'city' => $request->city,
'state' => $request->state,
'zip' => $request->zip,
'password' => Hash::make($request->password),
]);
Auth::attempt([
'email' => $request->email,
'password' => $request->password,
]);
// Redirect to dashboards based on registers account type
if(Auth::user()->account_type == 'profile'){
return redirect()->route('dashboard_profile');
} else {
return redirect()->route('dashboard_business');
}
}
}
BusinessDashboardController.php
class BusinessDashboardController extends Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth');
}
public function index()
{
return view('auth.dashboard_business');
}
}
ProfileDashboardController.php
class ProfileDashboardController extends Controller
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth');
}
public function index()
{
return view('auth.dashboard_profile');
}
}
I want to learn to do this without using packages.

Answer 1

In addition to the solution given by #nagidi, you can update the middleware handle condition to check either account_type is profile or business.
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $type)
{
if (Auth::user() && Auth::user()->account_type == $type) {
return $next($request);
}
abort(403, 'Unauthorized action.');
}
Route::get('/business-profile', ['middleware' => 'accType:business', function () {
//
}]);
Route::get('/profile', ['middleware' => 'accType:profile', function () {
//
}]);

Answer 2

1- run :
php artisan make:middleware AccountType
2- Add it to the routeMiddleware array in your kernel file by opening app/Http/Kernel.php:
'accType' => \App\Http\Middleware\AccountType::class,
3- Edit AccountType file:
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
// If user account type is profile allow to next or else block the request
if (Auth::user() && Auth::user()->account_type == 'profile') {
return $next($request);
}else{
abort(403, 'Unauthorized action.');
}
}
4- Apply the middleware to your route:
Route::get('/profile', ['middleware' => 'accType', function () {
//
}]);

Answer 3

If your want to have a multi authenticate system, whit different logics, its better to implement multiple guard and define them in your desire models :
[...]
'guards' => [
[...]
'admin' => [
'driver' => 'session',
'provider' => 'admins',
],
'writer' => [
'driver' => 'session',
'provider' => 'writers',
],
],
[...]
[...]
'providers' => [
[...]
'admins' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\BusinessDashboard::class,
],
'writers' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\ProfileDashboard::class,
],
],
[...]
you can find a complete guide article in bellow code :
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Answer 4

How to create your own middleware for multi User Role in Laravel
Let assumed your roles array could be ["admin","student","staff"];
Create a middleware role checking for the role "admin". Repeat steps 1-4 for each role.
I found this much easier for myself, others may have their own approaches
Step 1
Run artisan command
php artisan make:middleware isAdmin
Step 2
App/Http/Middlewere/isAdmin.php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
class isAdmin
{
public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next,$is_admin)
{
$role=Auth::user()->role;
//Get the role list
$role_array=explode(",",$role);
if (in_array($is_admin, $role_array)) {
return $next($request);
}
//if not allowed redirect to home page with message
$message="Unauthorized action.";
//return response($message, 401);//if you have friendly 401 page
//otherwise I think is a best to return to home page
$request->session()->flash('error', $message);
return redirect()->route('home');
}
}
Step 3
App/Http/Kernel.php
protected $routeMiddleware = [
'isAdmin' => \App\Http\Middleware\isAdmin::class,
];
Step 4
Now in your route controller add this line to only allow the user that has an admin role
public function __construct()
{
//ONLY ADMIN CAN ACCESS THIS ROUTE
$this->middleware('isAdmin:admin');
//$this->middleware('isStudent:student');
//$this->middleware('isStaff:staff');
}