Laravel 5.6 Access auth()->user() in controller constructor?

Question

I am trying to access auth()->user() in controller constructor, but it always return null.

I have tried below, but no luck!

protected $user;

function __construct() {
    $this->middleware(function ($request, $next) {
        $this->user = auth()->user();

        return $next($request);
    }); 

}

Is there any way to do this?

--Thanks

Answer 1

Controller Constructor is called before Middlewares. So you can not get User information inside Constructor().

My advice is create private function that sets User, and call this inside your functions.