Cannot access current user in controller

[swilla]

I've tried the following:

auth()->user();

Auth::user();

All of them are returning null. I've tried to add some middleware to the route group:

Route::group([
    'prefix' => 'admin',
    'middleware' => [
        'auth',
        'role:admin,access_backend'
    ]
], function () {
    CRUD::resource('brands', 'Admin\BrandCrudController');
});

Am I missing something?

[axyr]

laravel/framework#15072

And a shitload of other tickets regarding this issue...

[tabacitu]

Apparently this is a know breaking change in Laravel 5.3, just like @axyr said. I've found this solution:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class ProjectController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware(function ($request, $next) {
            $this->projects = Auth::user()->projects;

            return $next($request);
        });
    }
}

from this article, but... it doesn't look very sexy to me.

NOTE YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO DO THIS - YOU SHOULD BE USING THE NEW SYNTAX

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\User;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class ProjectController extends Controller
{
    public function setup()
    {
         $this->projects = Auth::user()->projects;
    }
}

[tabacitu]

We've included a simpler solution into Backpack\CRUD 3.1.20 - that middleware closure is run automatically inside a new CrudController::setup() method, so you can define your CRUD there and use session variables.

So: If you want to use Auth, you only need to rename your __construct() into setup(). Magic, I know :-)

Note: This change is backwards-compatible. You can still define everything inside __construct() if you want.

[iwillhappy1314]

Awesome! test ok!

[Slaycaster]

Tried it, works like magic! Thanks!