Call to a member function getName() on null - php

Question

I decided to dig into middleware, because I need to check on every request if the user is a pre-user (just a user that hasn't changed password yet), except for the change-password route. My code for the middleware is following:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
class IsPreuser
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if (\Auth::user()->is_preuser)
{
if (\Route::getCurrentRoute()->getName() == 'profile.change_password')
{
echo 'hello';
}
//return redirect()->route('profile.change_password');
}
return $next($request);
}
}
My route name is profile.change_password. With the above code I am getting the error Call to a member function getName() on null I don't understand. My goals are: to redirect to the profile.change_password route except when the user already is in this route.
My kernel.php:
<?php
namespace App\Http;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel as HttpKernel;
class Kernel extends HttpKernel
{
/**
* The application's global HTTP middleware stack.
*
* These middleware are run during every request to your application.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $middleware = [
\Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\CheckForMaintenanceMode::class,
\Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidatePostSize::class,
\App\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings::class,
\Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ConvertEmptyStringsToNull::class,
\Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
\App\Http\Middleware\IsPreuser::class
];
/**
* The application's route middleware groups.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $middlewareGroups = [
'web' => [
\App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
\Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
//Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
// \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\AuthenticateSession::class,
\Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
\App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
\Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
],
'api' => [
'throttle:60,1',
'bindings',
],
];
/**
* The application's route middleware.
*
* These middleware may be assigned to groups or used individually.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $routeMiddleware = [
'auth' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
'bindings' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
'can' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authorize::class,
'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
'throttle' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class,
];
}

Answer 1

Okay, fixed it. As suggested in the comments, the problem could be the placement of my middleware. I moved it to $middlewareGroups in web and it works as expected, with the redirect.
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
class IsPreuser
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if (\Auth::check())
{
if (\Auth::user()->is_preuser)
{
if (! $request->routeIs('profile.change_password')
&& ! $request->routeIs('profile.change_password_process')
&& ! $request->routeIs('logout'))
{
return redirect()->route('profile.change_password');
}
}
}
return $next($request);
}
}