Laravel 5.2 Authentication ~ Routes Based On Authentication State - php

Question

I am trying to do something that I believe to be simple, I'm just having some trouble along the way. My code below includes my routes.php and my verify.php that authenticates a user. Basically, I want the routing to the homepage to change based on if the user is authenticated or not.
So first, I have the controller (verify.php)
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Email;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Google_Client;
use Auth;
use App\User;
class verify extends Controller
{
public function verifyIdToken(Request $request)
{
$user = User::where('name', 'Molly')->first();
Auth::login($user);
return;
}
}
This script is hit in an ajax request when the user first satisfies some conditions to be logged in, but that is client-side logic and not important at this point. The idea is that once the script is hit, the user is logged in.
To add more detail:
The header of my routes.php is this:
use Auth;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
Is there something I am missing?
My routes.php logic is now this:
if (Auth::guest()) {
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('welcome');
});
} else {
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('mainview');
});
}
But it still doesn't work, even though in verify.php I have added in the following confirmation:
if (Auth::check($user))
{
return view('aviewII')->with(['verify' => json_encode("Yes!")]);
}
Which I am getting returned in my ajax requests.
So even though that tells me I am authenticated, I still can't get the authenticated view. What should I try next?
Edit: My routes.php in its entirety:
<?php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Routes File
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you will register all of the routes in an application.
| It's a breeze. Simply tell Laravel the URIs it should respond to
| and give it the controller to call when that URI is requested.
|
*/
use App\punsmodel;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
if (Auth::guest()) {
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('welcome');
});
} else {
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function () {
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('mainview');
});
Route::get('mainview', function () {
return view('mainviewMolly');
});
});
}
Route::get('puns', function () {
return view('puns');
});
Route::post('google' , [
'as' => 'verify.index',
'uses' => 'verify#verifyIdToken'
]);
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This route group applies the "web" middleware group to every route
| it contains. The "web" middleware group is defined in your HTTP
| kernel and includes session state, CSRF protection, and more.
|
*/
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
//
});

Answer 1

I’d just have a conditional in routes.php:
if (Auth::guest()) {
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('home.logged_out');
});
} else {
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('home.logged_in');
});
}
Also, a couple of styling tips:
Classes should have “StudlyCased” names, so class verify should be class Verify.
Order your use statements alphabetically, makes scanning much easier ;)
UPDATE:
If you want to check the authentication status of a user, you need to make sure those routes are inside the group with middleware applied:
Route::group(['middleware' => 'web'], function () {
if (Auth::guest()) {
return view('home.logged_out');
} else {
return view('home.logged_in');
}
});

Answer 2

Ok so if you're on L5.2, this is a bit different. Check this article.
From what I got, you have to add an api_token field to your users table. Then when you want to check if a User is logged in, you can do this Auth::guard('api')->check().
When you log your user, you have to return the api_token in your response and add this field to any of your Ajax requests.
Hope that helped ;)