How to Add More than One Item to Middleware on Route in Laravel 5

Question

I recently started using Laravel 5 and I'm having a lot of trouble implementing a system that not only authorizes users, but also checks permissions.

In all of the examples I've dug up online, I see two items being applied as middleware. For example:

Route::group(['middleware' => ['auth', 'permissions']], function() {
  // protected routes here
  Route::get('admin', 'DashboardController@index');
});

However, I cannot get this to work no matter what I do. I can only apply one item as middleware, such as:

Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function() {
  // protected routes here
  Route::get('admin', 'DashboardController@index');
});

If I apply two, I get the error "Route [admin] not defined."

I have tried everything I can think of, and I am banging my head against a brick wall. How on earth can I apply two or more items of middleware to one route?

Answer 1

This error Route [admin] not defined is because of the route name admin is not defined.

Route name and Route path are two different things.

And you've declared the route path as admin,

Route::get('admin', 'DashboardController@index');

However,

return redirect()->route('admin'); 

means that you are redirecting the flow to the route named admin.

To sort the error,

Define a route name admin as follows in an array defined below with 'as' => 'route_name'.

Solution :

Route::get('admin', [
   'as' => 'admin',
   'uses' => 'DashboardController@index'
]);

Please refer the link : https://laravel.com/docs/master/routing#named-routes

Answer 2

You might juste try to create one middleware doing more than on verification ?

In your Kernel.php you might have something like :

protected $routeMiddleware = [
    'auth' => 'Your\Route\Authenticate',
    'auth.permissions' => 'Your\Route\AuthenticateWithPermissions'
    'permissions' => 'Your\Route\RedirectIfNoPermissions'
]