How to route app with multiple subdomain using Laravel - laravel

Question

I have developed an application using Laravvel-5.8.
I have developed the application for just a single company whereby each table have a company_id derived from the company table as shown below:
class Company extends Model
{
protected $table = 'companies';
protected $fillable = [
'id',
'company_name',
'subdomain',
];
}
class User extends Authenticatable
{
protected $fillable = [
'name',
'company_id',
'email',
];
}
and the route/web.php looks like this:
Route::get('/', ['as' => '/', 'uses' => 'IndexController#getLogin']);
Auth::routes();
Route::get('/dashboard', 'HomeController#index')->name('dashboard');
// Config Module
Route::group(['prefix' => 'config', 'as' => 'config.', 'namespace' => 'Config', 'middleware' => ['auth']], function () {
Route::resource('countries', 'ConfigCountriesController');
Route::resource('nationalities', 'ConfigNationalitiesController');
});
// HR Module
Route::group(['prefix' => 'hr', 'as' => 'hr.', 'namespace' => 'Hr', 'middleware' => ['auth']], function () {
Route::resource('designations', 'HrDesignationsController');
Route::resource('departments', 'HrDepartmentsController');
Route::resource('employee_categories', 'HrEmployeeCategoriesController');
});
The main route is :
Route::get('/', ['as' => '/', 'uses' => 'IndexController#getLogin']);
which gives localhost:8888/myapp
config/app.php:
'env' => env('APP_ENV', 'production'),
'url' => env('APP_URL', 'localhost:8888/myapp'),
'asset_url' => env('ASSET_URL', null),
I'm asked to add sub-domains where each will see the data based on the company_id in each table
localhost:8888/myapp
localhost:8888/company1.myapp
localhost:8888/company2.myapp
All will use:
Route::get('/', ['as' => '/', 'uses' => 'IndexController#getLogin']);
After successful login will redirect to:
Route::get('/dashboard', 'HomeController#index')->name('dashboard');
Also each will only see it's data based on company_id
companies table:
id | company_name | subdomain
1 | Main |
2 | Company1 | company1
3 | Company2 | company2
Main=> localhost:8888/myapp
Company1=>localhost:8888/company1.myapp
Company2=>localhost:8888/company2.myapp
How do I modify:
route/web.php
config/app.php
to achieve this?
Thanks

Answer 1

There are two methods by which It can be done.
By Middleware
As per your question, login page urls can be localhost:8888/myapp, localhost:8888/company1.myapp, or localhost:8888/company2.myapp
Using middleware, we will keep the company name in the session using middleware. You can use it from session.
php artisan make:middleware VerifyDomain
will create a domain
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
class VerifyDomain
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
$domain == "myapp"; // your company app name
$path = $request->getPathInfo(); // should return /company1.myapp or /company2.myapp or /myapp
if (strpos($path, ".") !== false) { // if path has dot.
list($subdomain, $main) = explode('.', $path);
if(strcmp($domain, $main) !== 0){
abort(404); // if domain is not myapp then throw 404 page error
}
} else{
if(strcmp($domain, $path) !== 0){
abort(404); // if domain is not myapp then throw 404 page error
}
$subdomain = ""; // considering for main domain value is empty string.
}
$company = Company::where('company_name', $subdomain)->firstOrFail(); // if not found then will throw 404
$request->session()->put('company_name', $company); //store it in session
return $next($request);
}
}
Then add it to route middleware.
In your controller you can redirect to different dashboards as per the company names stored in session.
In route groups
Route::domain('localhost:8888/myapp')->group(function () {
Route::get('/', function ($id) {
//
});
});
Route::domain('localhost:8888/{company_name}.myapp')->group(function () {
Route::get('/', function ($company_name, $id) {
$company = Company::where('company_name', $company_name)->firstOrFail();
// send the value of $company to data to send different view data
});
});