laravel forcing users to add additional user info - php

Question

I am quite new to Laravel and I am making a small test application.
But now I am stuck on the following issue.
After a user logged in to the appilcation I want him/her to see a form where he/her have to fill in more information about him/her self before they can continue.
My problem is that I dont know where to put the code for this, I tried placing it in the Controller.php but it does not seem to work (It does sort of only on the main page but not on the profile page), I also tried to put it in the AppServiceProvider.php as my main menu always recives some data from the database but that also didnt seem to work.
Does any one have an idea where to place the following code ?
if (\Request::path() !== 'info' && (\Auth::User()->firstname === NULL || \Auth::User()->lastname === NULL)
{
return \Redirect::to('info');
}
The info page will be the page where the user will see the additional information form.

Answer 1

I think you should create a middleware for that.
First run php artisan make:middleware AccountInfoMiddleware to create the needed file.
Then open app/Http/Middleware/AccountInfoMiddleware.php and add your code to the handle() method:
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
$user = \Auth::user();
if($request->path() !== 'info' && $user && ($user->firstname === NULL || $user->lastname === NULL)
{
return redirect('info');
}
return $next($request);
}
After that you have different ways to use your middleware:
Add App\Http\Middleware\AccountInfoMiddleware to the $middleware array in app/Http/Kernel.php. This means the middleware will run for every request.
Add the same thing with a name to the $routeMiddleware in Kernel.php and use it for specific routes or enable it from the controller. For more information, visit the Laravel documentation

Answer 2

If you means you want to redirect user if the user dont have firstname and lastname, You can use middleware to solve your problem. Place your code in middleware file.
Create Middleware file
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Routing\Middleware;
class UserMiddleware implements Middleware {
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if (\Request::path() !== 'info' && (\Auth::User()->firstname === NULL || \Auth::User()->lastname === NULL)
{
return \Redirect::to('info');
}
return $next($request);
}
}
Register middleware for route in app/Http/Kernel.php
/**
* The application's global HTTP middleware stack.
*
* #var array
*/
/**
* The application's route middleware.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $routeMiddleware = [
'auth' => 'App\Http\Middleware\Authenticate',
'auth.basic' => 'Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth',
'guest' => 'App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated',
'user' => 'App\Http\Middleware\UserMiddleware' // Register this new middleware
];
Use that middleware for the route you want
Route::get('/', [
'middleware' => 'user',
'uses' => 'ExampleController#index'
]);
After you add the middleware for routes, every request, handle() function inside middleware file will be run to check if the user have firstname or lastname. If the user dont have, it will redirect to info and if the user have all the info, it will process next request.