How do I set up middleware in laravel - php

Question

So I have my auth middleware, which is registered in the Http/Kernel.php as:
protected $routeMiddleware = [
'auth' => \App\Http\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
];
Next I made a change to the middleware handle function in the Authenticate class:
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if ($this->auth->check()) {
$user = $this->auth->user();
$currentDateTime = strtotime('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$tokenExpirationTile = strtotime($user->token_expiration);
if ($currentDateTime <= $tokenExpirationTile) {
return $next($request);
} else {
$this->auth->logout();
redirect('home/login')->with('message', 'Your session has expired. Please login in again');
}
} else {
redirect('home/login')->with('message', 'Please login before attempting to access that');
}
}
And finally I created the route:
Route::get('home/dashboard', 'HomeController#dashboard', ['middleware' => 'auth']);
I can visit this route but as a non signed in user I should be redirected.
When I through a dd() in the handle function nothing happens.
How do I get it to run this method on this route?
Also when it comes to other controllers where you need to authenticate before each action request how do you say: "before each action, run this method." In rails I would do before_action :method_name

Answer 1

For the second part of your question, please consult the docs for how to apply middleware to specific actions in a controller and on routes:
http://laravel.com/docs/master/controllers#controller-middleware
http://laravel.com/docs/master/routing#route-group-middleware
For the first part, have you tried running 'composer dump-autoload' from the terminal?