Laravel Login Controller - Direct to Admin or User Routes - laravel

Question

I have a Laravel8 Project where I am doing everything from scratch so i can learn the system (newbie) - I have a LoginController with the code
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class LoginController extends Controller
{
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function index()
{
// Show Login Page
return view('auth.login');
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function create()
{
//
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function store(Request $request)
{
//
$this->validate($request, [
'email'=> 'required|email',
'password' => 'required',
]);
if (!auth()->attempt($request->only('email', 'password'), $request->remember)) {
return back()->with('status', 'Invalid Login Details' );
}
return redirect()->route('admin.dashboard');
}
I have the roles tables and pivot table set up but not sure how to amend the return redirect()->route('admin.dashboard'); to the correct code so depending if the user is an admin or a standard user it uses the correct route

Answer 1

You can give simple condition after login attempt success like below.
if (auth()->user()->role == 'admin') {
return redirect()->route('admin.dashboard');
}
return redirect()->route('user.dashboard');
As per your described question, you have a different table for assign roles to the user. So you have to create relation with roles table to identifies the role of the user.

Answer 2

You'll need to make sure to import the Auth facade at the top of the class. Next, let's check out the attempt method:
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
...
public function store(Request $request) {
// ...
if (!auth()->attempt($request->only('email', 'password'), $request->remember)) {
return back()->with('status', 'Invalid Login Details' );
}
// Redirect to admin dashboard
return redirect()->intended('route.dashboard');
}
For more details read the Docs Manually Authenticating Users