How to get authenticated user in event listener - Laravel

Question

I am trying to identify proper way to to get authenticated user's information in the event listener.

I can alway use \Auth:user() which seems to work but I don't think it will work if I queue the listener.

Do I need to add the authenticated user to the event class as property for each event, or is there any other way to do this?

Answer 1

Pass the user through the event. You should have access to the Auth facade when the event is triggered.

Event:

class SomeEvent
{
    // Public so that it will be accessible from the listener
    public $user;

    public function __construct(User $user)
    {
        $this->user = $user;
    }
}

Listener:

class SomeListener
{
    public function handle(SomeEvent $event)
    {
        // Get the public property `$user` from the event
        $authUser = $event->user;
    }
}

Trigger:

event(new SomeEvent(auth()->user()));