Laravel - Auth User returns null - laravel

Question

I'm trying to redirect the user to a 'dashboard' page after he has registered. However, when I dump and die the auth()-user(), it returns null. It should display the information of the authenticated user from my database.
Register Controller
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
class RegisterController extends Controller
{
public function NavRegPage(){
return view('regPage');
}
public function store(Request $request){
$data = request()->validate([
'username' => ['required', 'max:20'],
'password' => ['required', 'min:5', 'max:20' ],
'email' => ['required', 'email'],
'url' => ['required', 'url'],
'dob' => ['required']
]);
$user = new User();
$user->username = request('username');
$user->password = request('password');
$user->email = request('email');
$user->url = request('url');
$user->dob = request('dob');
$user->save();
auth()->attempt($request->only('email', 'password'));
return redirect()->route('dash');
}
Dash controller
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class DashController extends Controller
{
public function index(){
dd(auth()->user());
}
}
Web.php
use App\Http\Controllers\RegisterController as RegisterController;
use App\Http\Controllers\DashController as DashController;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
Route::get('/register', [RegisterController::class, 'NavRegPage']) ->name('register');
Route::get('dash', [\App\Http\Controllers\DashController::class, 'index']) ->name('dash');
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('index');
});
Route::post('/register', [RegisterController::class, 'store'])->name('register');
I want the dd to show me the authenticated user information so I can continue with my work.
Thank you

Answer 1

in web.php
Route::get('dash', [\App\Http\Controllers\DashController::class, 'index']) ->name('dash')->middleware('auth');
apply ->middleware('auth'); then your auth() will work on that controller