Laravel-5 adding hasRole method to Auth - php

Question

I'm trying to extend the Laravel-5.1 Auth middleware so that I can add my own method to it:
Auth::hasRole()
What do I need to do in order to add the new method hasRole to Auth?
Here is my routes file:
/* Administrator Routes */
Route::group(['namespace' => 'Admin', 'middleware' => 'timesheets.admin:Administrator'], function()
{
Route::get('home', 'AdminController#index');
});
Here is my middleware file:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware\Auth;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;
class AdminAuthenticate
{
/**
* The Guard implementation.
*
* #var Guard
*/
protected $auth;
/**
* Create a new filter instance.
*
* #param Guard $auth
* #return void
*/
public function __construct(Guard $auth)
{
$this->auth = $auth;
}
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $role)
{
if ($this->auth->guest()) {
if ($request->ajax()) {
return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
} else {
return redirect()->guest('login');
}
}
if (auth()->check() && auth()->user()->hasRole($role)) {
return $next($request);
}
}
}

Answer 1

Could you try adding the following to your User model:-
public function hasRole($role)
{
return User::where('role', $role)->get();
}
This should firstly check to see if you User table has the field 'role' and then check your parameter $role against the role field.
You can the check by doing the following:
if( Auth::user()->hasRole($role) )
You may need to adjust the example to your needs. Let me know if you need anything else.
/------------EDIT-----------------/
If you have two seperate tables, one holding the user information and the other holding the users privileges/roles you could add another function to the User model:
public function userID()
{
return $this->user_id;
}
This will check for if you have a user ID field if so, it will return the id for the authenticated user.
Then add this to your hasRoles method:
public function hasRoles($userID, $roles)
{
return Your\User\Roles\Model::where('role', $role)->where('user_id', $user_id)->get();
}
Your middleware would look like this:
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $role)
{
if ($this->auth->guest()) {
if ($request->ajax()) {
return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
} else {
return redirect()->guest('login');
}
}
$userID = Auth::user()->userID();
if (auth()->check() && auth()->user()->hasRole($userID, $role)) {
return $next($request);
}
}
If I understood correctly what you want. I believe this should work for you.

Answer 2

I've taken a different tack by using a trait in my User model.
<?php
namespace App\Traits;
use App\Role;
use App\User;
trait HasRoles{
public function roles()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Role');
}
public static function findByRole(Role $role)
{
return $role->users()->get();
}
public function hasRole(Role $role)
{
return $this->roles()->get()->contains($role);
}
}

Answer 3

There are some good packages to help with this if you don't want to brew your own. I can recommend both:
Zizaco Entrust: https://github.com/Zizaco/entrust
and
Sentinel: https://cartalyst.com/manual/sentinel/2.0