Laravel middleware to skip route group - php

Question

Let's say I have the following routes file:
Route::group(['middleware' => 'foo.only'], function () {
Route::get('/', 'FooController#index');
Route::get('/about', 'FooController#about');
});
Route::get('/', 'BarController#index');
Route::get('/about', 'BarController#about');
In my FooOnlyMiddleware handler I have something like:
public function handle($request, $next)
{
if ($foo == true) {
return $next($request);
}
else {
// skip the entire route group and move onto the next route
}
}
How do I do this so that if $foo = false it will skip the entire route group and move onto the bar routes?

Answer 1

This won't work, as both of your foo and bar routes are the same:
Route::get('/', 'FooController#index');
Route::get('/', 'BarController#index');
The bar route will never be reached.
Here is one way to accomplish the conditional routes you want:
Your routes:
Route::group(['middleware' => 'foo.only'], function () {
Route::get('/', 'FooController#index');
Route::get('/about', 'FooController#about');
});
Route::get('bar/', 'BarController#index');
Route::get('bar/about', 'BarController#about');
FooOnlyMiddleware:
public function handle($request, $next)
{
if ($foo == true) {
return $next($request);
}
else {
return redirect('/bar/'.$request->route()->uri());
}
}
Of course, this would be valid if every route using the FooOnlyMiddleware, has an equivalent bar route. Otherwise, just redirect to any route you want.