Laravel - Redirect authenticated users - php

Question

In my Laravel application I have a registration system that uses the default scaffolding created via php artisan make:auth to register new users, but after logging in I wanted to take the user to another page called member-type so that they can select what type of member they'd like to be.
I utilitized protected function authenticated(Request $request, $user) which comes from AuthenticatesUsers to check that a user has successfully logged in, I then check whether a member type is set.
The method looks like this:
/**
* The user has been authenticated.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param mixed $user
* #return mixed
*/
protected function authenticated(Request $request, $user)
{
Log::info("{$user->log_reference} logged in to their account with IP: {$request->getClientIp()}");
if(!$user->investor_type_selected){
// dd('I NOT SELECTED');
return redirect()->route('user.investor-type');
} elseif(!$user->member_type_selected){
dd('M NOT SELECTED');
return redirect()->route('user.member-type');
} else{
dd('BOTH SELECTED');
return redirect()->route('user.dashboard');
}
}
The methods member_type_selected andinvestor_type_selectedcome from myUser` model and they look like this:
/**
* Check whether this user has selected an investor type
*/
public function getInvestorTypeSelectedAttribute()
{
return !empty($this->investor_type) ? true : false;
}
/**
* Check whether this user has selected an investor type
*/
public function getMemberTypeSelectedAttribute()
{
return !empty($this->member_type) ? true : false;
}
Pretty simple stuff.
The dump and die was there to test whether the statements were executing.
Anyway, the issue I have is with the Middleware RedirectIfAuthenticated which looks like this as I'm using a custom guard:
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #param string|null $guard
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
switch ($guard) {
case 'admin':
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
return redirect()->route('admin.dashboard');
}
break;
default:
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
return redirect()->route('user.dashboard');
}
break;
}
return $next($request);
}
Now, as soon as a user is authenticated this kicks in and bypasses my redirects with authenticated. I need this Middleware generally to make sure users get back to their dashboard, but is there a way to prevent this bypassing my redirects?

Answer 1

no need to override authenticated function , try this in your RedirectIfAuthenticated middleware
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
switch ($guard) {
case 'admin':
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
return redirect()->route('admin.dashboard');
}
break;
default:
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
$user = Auth::guard($guard)->user();
if(!$user->investor_type_selected){
return redirect()->route('user.investor-type');
} elseif(!$user->member_type_selected){
return redirect()->route('user.member-type');
} else{
return redirect()->route('user.dashboard');
}
}
break;
}
return $next($request);
}