Check a session variable before laravel auth middleware - php

Question

I need to check a session variable to set a config item in laravel. I need this to run before the auth middleware though. I've tried all sorts of configurations to get it working but no matter what, auth runs before I set the database so it fails to find the user.
This is what I have so far:
Kernal.php
'web' => [
\App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
\Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
\Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
\Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
\App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
\Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
\App\Http\Middleware\CheckTenant::class,
],
CheckTenant:
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if(session()->has('database')){
//set db in config for eloquent
Config::set('database.connections.mysql.database', session('database'));
}
$response = $next($request);
return $response;
}
My route:
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function () {
// All my routes that needs a logged in user
Route::get('/dashboard', function () {
return view('jobs.index');
});
});
So basically I just need to set a config item at each request before it checks authentication.
Any help would be really appreciated.

Answer 1

The problem is you're trying to save data to config after the request is handled by the application (see Before & After Middleware section). Setting up config after request was handled by the app just doesn't make any sense.
Syntax should be:
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if (session()->has('database')) {
Config::set('database.connections.mysql.database', session('database'));
}
$response = $next($request);
return $response;
}