Laravel 5.2 Package : Auth methods fail in constructor of controller - php

Question

I have added a controller for my package and I need to call Auth methods inside the constructor of this controller but I get the following error :
ReflectionException in Container.php line 734:
Class hash does not exist
Here is my code :
use Auth;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Session;
class CartController extends Controller
{
private $customer;
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth', ['except' => ['add']]);
$multiauth = config('cart.multiauth');
if ($multiauth) {
$guard = config('auth.defaults.guard');
$this->customer = Auth::guard($guard)->user();
} else {
$this->customer = Auth::user();
}
}
public function add()
{
// Code
}
}
When I add the code of constructor inside the other functions it works properly but it fails when it is called from constructor of the controller.
I have searched alot for this and found no working solution.

Answer 1

I've solved the problem by adding a middleware :
namespace myNamespace\myPackage;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
class CustomerMiddleware
{
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
$multiauth = config('cart.multiauth');
if ($multiauth) {
$guard = config('auth.defaults.guard');
$customer = Auth::guard($guard)->user();
} else {
$customer = Auth::user();
}
$request->attributes->add(['customer' => $customer]);
return $next($request);
}
}
Then I used this middleware for the 'cart/add' route :
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
Route::group(['middleware' => 'customer'], function() {
Route::post('cart/add',
'myNamespace\myPackage\CartController#add');
});
});
So by checking the $request->get('customer') parameter inside the 'add' method of 'CartController', I have access to information of current user :
class CartController extends Controller
{
public function __construct() { }
public function add()
{
$customer = $request->get('customer');
// Code
}
}
I hope this helps someone else :)

Answer 2

You can't use middleware in controller __construct , create a functions and use it