In my Laravel 5.3 setup, I am using Bouncer package, and I defined two roles, admin and customer. When logged in, customers are redirected to /home, as specified in protected $redirectTo = '/home'; under App\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController.php. Now, if a user with the role of an admin logs in, he is also redirected to /home because $redirectTo does not make any distinction between user roles. My goal here is to redirect admin users to /admin/home instead.
What is the best solution to handle this? Here is my attempt.
In web.php routes, outside of any middleware groups:
Route::get('/home', function(Illuminate\Http\Request $request) { // http://myapp.dev/home
if (Auth::user()->isA('customer')) // -> goto HomeController#index
return app()->make('\App\Http\Controllers\HomeController')->index($request);
else if (Auth::user()->isAn('admin')) // -> redirect
return redirect('/admin/home');
else
abort(403);
})->middleware('auth');
Route::group(['prefix' => 'admin','middleware' => 'auth'], function () {
Route::get('/home', 'Admin\HomeController#index');
});
Alternatively, this can can be done in a middleware, as well:
Route::get('/home', 'HomeController#index')->middleware('auth', 'role');
// in VerifyRole.php middleware...
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if (Auth::user()->isAn('admin')) {
return redirect('/admin/home');
}
return $next($request);
}
This would work, but it's not scalable if more roles are added. I am sure there must be an elegant built-in way to accomplish this. So the question is, how do I route users to their proper dashboard (i.e. home) based on their role?
You can override the authenticated() method in your class App\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController as:
protected function authenticated(Request $request, $user)
{
if ($user->isA('customer'))
return redirect('/home');
else if ($user->isAn('admin'))
return redirect('/admin/home');
}
Or
You can override the redirectPath() method as:
public function redirectPath()
{
if (auth()->user()->isA('customer'))
return '/home';
else if (auth()->user()->isAn('admin'))
return '/admin/home';
}
In Laravel 5.3, you can override sendLoginResponse() method in AuthController.php to be able to redirect users to a different routes after login.
Laravel 5.2 has been out for some time now. Yes, it has new auth function which is very good. Specially for beginners.
My question,
How to check if user is admin and then redirect safely to admin/dashboard properly? I know one way is to use admin flag in database but can any of you show some example?
go to AuthController.php and add this method
where role is the user role as defined in the database.
protected function authenticated($request,$user){
if($user->role === 'admin'){
return redirect()->intended('admin'); //redirect to admin panel
}
return redirect()->intended('/'); //redirect to standard user homepage
}
As in Laravel 5.3 / 5.4
Add following line to create_users_table migration.
$table->boolean('is_admin');
Add following method to LoginController.
protected function authenticated(Request $request, $user)
{
if ( $user->is_admin ) {
return redirect('/admin/home');
}
return redirect('/home');
}
Additional note don't forget to add the following lines to RedirectIfAuthenticated middleware:
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
// the following 3 lines
if (Auth::user()->is_admin) {
return redirect('/admin/home');
}
return redirect('/home');
}
return $next($request);
}
Otherwise if you e.g. type yourdomain/login and your logged in as admin it would be redirected to home instead of admin/home.
AuthController extends the AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers trait, which has a public method named redirectPath. In my case I would extend that method on the AuthController and I'd put my logic there:
public function redirectPath()
{
if (Auth::user->myMethodToCheckIfUserHasAnAdminRoleLikeAnEmailOrSomethingLikeThat()) {
redirect('admin/dashboard');
}
redirect('home');
}
in Auth/LoginController there is protected $redirectTo = '/home';
change '/home' to '/loginin' for example, and create a new controller and in the controller get the information of the user and check if he is a admin or not and then redirect him to the proper page
This seems like a pretty basic flow, and Laravel has so many nice solutions for basic things, I feel like I'm missing something.
A user clicks a link that requires authentication. Laravel's auth filter kicks in and routes them to a login page. User logs in, then goes to the original page they were trying to get to before the 'auth' filter kicked in.
Is there a good way to know what page they were trying to get to originally? Since Laravel is the one intercepting the request, I didn't know if it keeps track somewhere for easy routing after the user logs in.
If not, I'd be curious to hear how some of you have implemented this manually.
For Laravel 5.3 and above
Check Scott's answer below.
For Laravel 5 up to 5.2
Simply put,
On auth middleware:
// redirect the user to "/login"
// and stores the url being accessed on session
if (Auth::guest()) {
return redirect()->guest('login');
}
return $next($request);
On login action:
// redirect the user back to the intended page
// or defaultpage if there isn't one
if (Auth::attempt(['email' => $email, 'password' => $password])) {
return redirect()->intended('defaultpage');
}
For Laravel 4 (old answer)
At the time of this answer there was no official support from the framework itself. Nowadays you can use the method pointed out by bgdrl below this method: (I've tried updating his answer, but it seems he won't accept)
On auth filter:
// redirect the user to "/login"
// and stores the url being accessed on session
Route::filter('auth', function() {
if (Auth::guest()) {
return Redirect::guest('login');
}
});
On login action:
// redirect the user back to the intended page
// or defaultpage if there isn't one
if (Auth::attempt(['email' => $email, 'password' => $password])) {
return Redirect::intended('defaultpage');
}
For Laravel 3 (even older answer)
You could implement it like this:
Route::filter('auth', function() {
// If there's no user authenticated session
if (Auth::guest()) {
// Stores current url on session and redirect to login page
Session::put('redirect', URL::full());
return Redirect::to('/login');
}
if ($redirect = Session::get('redirect')) {
Session::forget('redirect');
return Redirect::to($redirect);
}
});
// on controller
public function get_login()
{
$this->layout->nest('content', 'auth.login');
}
public function post_login()
{
$credentials = [
'username' => Input::get('email'),
'password' => Input::get('password')
];
if (Auth::attempt($credentials)) {
return Redirect::to('logged_in_homepage_here');
}
return Redirect::to('login')->with_input();
}
Storing the redirection on Session has the benefit of persisting it even if the user miss typed his credentials or he doesn't have an account and has to signup.
This also allows for anything else besides Auth to set a redirect on session and it will work magically.
Laravel >= 5.3
The Auth changes in 5.3 make implementation of this a little easier, and slightly different than 5.2 since the Auth Middleware has been moved to the service container.
Modify the new Middleware auth redirector
/app/Http/Middleware/RedirectIfAuthenticated.php
Change the handle function slightly, so it looks like:
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
return redirect()->intended('/home');
}
return $next($request);
}
TL;DR explanation
The only difference is in the 4th line; by default it looks like this:
return redirect("/home");
Since Laravel >= 5.3 automatically saves the last "intended" route when checking the Auth Guard, it changes to:
return redirect()->intended('/home');
That tells Laravel to redirect to the last intended page before login, otherwise go to "/home" or wherever you'd like to send them by default.
There's not much out there on the differences between 5.2 and 5.3, and in this area in particular there are quite a few.
I found those two great methods that might be extremely helpful to you.
Redirect::guest();
Redirect::intended();
You can apply this filter to the routes that need authentication.
Route::filter('auth', function()
{
if (Auth::guest()) {
return Redirect::guest('login');
}
});
What this method basically does it's to store the page you were trying to visit and it is redirects you to the login page.
When the user is authenticated you can call
return Redirect::intended();
and it's redirects you to the page you were trying to reach at first.
It's a great way to do it although I usually use the below method.
Redirect::back()
You can check this awesome blog.
You may use Redirect::intended function. It will redirect the user to the URL they were trying to access before being caught by the authenticaton filter. A fallback URI may be given to this
method in case the intended destinaton is not available.
In post login/register:
return Redirect::intended('defaultpageafterlogin');
Change your LoginControllers constructor to:
public function __construct()
{
session(['url.intended' => url()->previous()]);
$this->redirectTo = session()->get('url.intended');
$this->middleware('guest')->except('logout');
}
It will redirect you back to the page BEFORE the login page (2 pages back).
I have been using this for a while on my language selector code. As long as you only need to go back by just 1 page it works fine:
return Redirect::to(URL::previous());
It ain't the most powerful solution out there but it is super-easy and can help solve a few puzzles. :)
For Laravel 8
Following approach works for me for Laravel 8.
Controller based approach
/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthenticatedSessionController.php
Pre-login
The intended url will be stored in the session at create :
/**
* Display the login view.
*
* #return \Illuminate\View\View
*/
public function create()
{
session(['url.intended' => url()->previous()]);
return view('auth.login');
}
Post-login
Upon successful login, in case a intended url is available in session then redirect to it otherwise redirect to the default one :
/**
* Handle an incoming authentication request.
*
* #param \App\Http\Requests\Auth\LoginRequest $request
* #return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
*/
public function store(LoginRequest $request)
{
$request->authenticate();
//in case intended url is available
if (session()->has('url.intended')) {
$redirectTo = session()->get('url.intended');
session()->forget('url.intended');
}
$request->session()->regenerate();
if ($redirectTo) {
return redirect($redirectTo);
}
return redirect(RouteServiceProvider::HOME);
}
return Redirect::intended('/');
this will redirect you to default page of your project i.e. start page.
For laravel 5.* try these.
return redirect()->intended('/');
or
return Redirect::intended('/');
Laravel 3
I tweaked your (VinÃcius Fragoso Pinheiro) code slightly, and placed the following in filters.php
Route::filter('auth', function()
{
// If there's no user authenticated session
if (Auth::guest()) {
// Flash current url to session and redirect to login page
Session::flash('redirect', URL::full());
return Redirect::guest('login');
}
});
And then within the my AuthController.php:
// Try to log the user in.
if (Auth::attempt($userdata)) {
if ($redirect = Session::get('redirect')) {
return Redirect::to($redirect);
} else {
// Redirect to homepage
return Redirect::to('your_default_logged_in_page')->with('success', 'You have logged in successfully');
}
} else {
// Reflash the session data in case we are in the middle of a redirect
Session::reflash('redirect');
// Redirect to the login page.
return Redirect::to('login')->withErrors(['password' => 'Password invalid'])->withInput(Input::except('password'));
}
Notice that the 'redirect' session data is reflashed if there is a authentication issue. This keeps the redirect intact during any login mishaps, but should the user click away at any point, the next login process is not disrupted by the session data.
You also need to reflash the data at the point of showing the login form in your AuthController, otherwise the chain is broken:
public function showLogin()
{
// Reflash the session data in case we are in the middle of a redirect
Session::reflash('redirect');
// Show the login page
return View::make('auth/login');
}
Use Redirect;
Then use this:
return Redirect::back();
In Laravel 5.8
in App\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController add the following method
public function showLoginForm()
{
if(!session()->has('url.intended'))
{
session(['url.intended' => url()->previous()]);
}
return view('auth.login');
}
in App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated replace " return redirect('/home'); " with the following
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check())
{
return redirect()->intended();
}
Its September 2022 now, and I would like to share what I did for the OP's questions. Please be easy on me, still noob here.
My problem : After I implement MustVerifyEmail, the above solutions did not work. I use Laravel 6.x.
So after getting headache overnight, countless mugs of coffe, finally its working now. It isn't new solution because it is a modification from previous answers.
Step 1.
Do realize that : session with name 'url.intended' is already been taken by : vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector.php
So I choose to use different name for the session which is : 'url_intended'
Step 2.
Add this line:
session(['url_intended' => url()->previous()]);
In app\Http\Middleware\Authenticate.php something like below:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate as Middleware;
class Authenticate extends Middleware
{
/**
* Get the path the user should be redirected to when they are not authenticated.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #return string
*/
protected function redirectTo($request)
{
session(['url_intended' => url()->previous()]);
if (! $request->expectsJson()) {
return route('login');
}
}
}
Now, here comes the key solution. Instead modifying the app\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController or app\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated.php
which did not work for me, I modify the vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\EnsureEmailIsVerified.php
by adding the following (copy paste and slight modification from above previous answers)
if (session()->has('url_intended')) {
$redirectURL = session()->get('url_intended');
session()->forget('url_intended');
return redirect($redirectURL);
}
with full code as below :
<?php
namespace Illuminate\Auth\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;
class EnsureEmailIsVerified
{
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param \Closure $next
* #param string|null $redirectToRoute
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
*/
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $redirectToRoute = null)
{
if (! $request->user() ||
($request->user() instanceof MustVerifyEmail &&
! $request->user()->hasVerifiedEmail())) {
return $request->expectsJson()
? abort(403, 'Your email address is not verified.')
: Redirect::route($redirectToRoute ?: 'verification.notice');
}
if (session()->has('url_intended')) {
$redirectURL = session()->get('url_intended');
session()->forget('url_intended');
return redirect($redirectURL);
}
return $next($request);
}
}
its working like charm.
Update: simply create new middleware based on existing EnsureEmailIsVerified middleware, and attach it to Kernel.php :
protected $routeMiddleware = [
//other middlewares here..
'verified' => \App\Http\Middleware\EnsureEmailIsVerified::class,
];
Here is my solution for 5.1. I needed someone to click a "Like" button on a post, get redirected to login, then return to the original page. If they were already logged in, the href of the "Like" button was intercepted with JavaScript and turned into an AJAX request.
The button is something like Like This Post!. /like/931 is handled by a LikeController that requires the auth middleware.
In the Authenticate middleware (the handle() function), add something like this at the start:
if(!str_contains($request->session()->previousUrl(), "/auth/login")) {
$request->session()->put('redirectURL', $request->session()->previousUrl());
$request->session()->save();
}
Change /auth/login to whatever your URL is for logging in. This code saves the original page's URL in the session unless the URL is the login URL. This is required because it appears as though this middleware gets called twice. I am not sure why or if that's true. But if you don't check for that conditional, it will be equal to the correct original page, and then somehow get chanced to /auth/login. There is probably a more elegant way to do this.
Then, in the LikeController or whatever controller you have that handles the URL for the button pushed on the original page:
//some code here that adds a like to the database
//...
return redirect($request->session()->get('redirectURL'));
This method is super simple, doesn't require overriding any existing functions, and works great. It is possible there is some easier way for Laravel to do this, but I am not sure what it is. Using the intended() function doesn't work in my case because the LikeController needed to also know what the previous URL was to redirect back to it. Essentially two levels of redirection backwards.
For Laravel 5.5 and probably 5.4
In App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated change redirect('/home') to redirect()->intended('/home') in the handle function:
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
return redirect()->intended('/home');
}
return $next($request);
}
in App\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController create the showLoginForm() function as follows:
public function showLoginForm()
{
if(!session()->has('url.intended'))
{
session(['url.intended' => url()->previous()]);
}
return view('auth.login');
}
This way if there was an intent for another page it will redirect there otherwise it will redirect home.
Laravel now supports this feature out-of-the-box!
(I believe since 5.5 or earlier).
Add a __construct() method to your Controller as shown below:
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth');
}
After login, your users will then be redirected to the page they intended to visit initially.
You can also add Laravel's email verification feature as required by your application logic:
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware(['auth', 'verified']);
}
The documentation contains a very brief example:
https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/authentication#protecting-routes
It's also possible to choose which controller's methods the middleware applies to by using except or only options.
Example with except:
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth', ['except' => ['index', 'show']]);
}
Example with only:
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth', ['only' => ['index', 'show']]);
}
More information about except and only middleware options:
https://laravel.com/api/5.8/Illuminate/Routing/ControllerMiddlewareOptions.html#method_except
if you are using axios or other AJAX javascript library you may want to retrive the url and pass to the front end
you can do that with the code below
$default = '/';
$location = $request->session()->pull('url.intended', $default);
return ['status' => 200, 'location' => $location];
This will return a json formatted string
If the filter is handled at the routes level, then its so simple since you just need to attach an auth middleware to your original link. When a user successfully pass through the middleware check (means they login), they are automatically redirected to the intended destination. For example, you can do this instead of checking authentication in the controller
Route::get('/appointments',[AppointmentsController::class,'appointments'])->middleware(['auth'])->name('appointments');
Did you try this in your routes.php ?
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
//
Route::get('/','HomeController#index');
});
// Also place this code into base controller in contract function, because ever controller extends base controller
if(Auth::id) {
//here redirect your code or function
}
if (Auth::guest()) {
return Redirect::guest('login');
}
For Laravel 5.2 (previous versions I did not use)
Paste the code into the file app\Http\Controllers\Auth\AurhController.php
/**
* Overrides method in class 'AuthenticatesUsers'
*
* #return \Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory|\Illuminate\View\View
*/
public function showLoginForm()
{
$view = property_exists($this, 'loginView')
? $this->loginView : 'auth.authenticate';
if (view()->exists($view)) {
return view($view);
}
/**
* seve the previous page in the session
*/
$previous_url = Session::get('_previous.url');
$ref = isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] : '';
$ref = rtrim($ref, '/');
if ($previous_url != url('login')) {
Session::put('referrer', $ref);
if ($previous_url == $ref) {
Session::put('url.intended', $ref);
}
}
/**
* seve the previous page in the session
* end
*/
return view('auth.login');
}
/**
* Overrides method in class 'AuthenticatesUsers'
*
* #param Request $request
* #param $throttles
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
*/
protected function handleUserWasAuthenticated(Request $request, $throttles)
{
if ($throttles) {
$this->clearLoginAttempts($request);
}
if (method_exists($this, 'authenticated')) {
return $this->authenticated($request, Auth::guard($this->getGuard())->user());
}
/*return to the previous page*/
return redirect()->intended(Session::pull('referrer'));
/*return redirect()->intended($this->redirectPath()); /*Larevel default*/
}
And import namespace: use Session;
If you have not made any changes to the file app\Http\Controllers\Auth\AurhController.php, you can just replace it with the file from the GitHub
Laravel 5.2
If you are using a another Middleware like Admin middleware you can set a session for url.intended by using this following:
Basically we need to set manually \Session::put('url.intended', \URL::full()); for redirect.
Example
if (\Auth::guard($guard)->guest()) {
if ($request->ajax() || $request->wantsJson()) {
return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
} else {
\Session::put('url.intended', \URL::full());
return redirect('login');
}
}
On login attempt
Make sure on login attempt use return \Redirect::intended('default_path');
Larvel 5.3 this actually worked for me by just updating LoginController.php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\URL;
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'logout']);
Session::set('backUrl', URL::previous());
}
public function redirectTo()
{
return Session::get('backUrl') ? Session::get('backUrl') : $this->redirectTo;
}
ref: https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/redirect-to-previous-page-after-login
I am using the following approach with a custom login controller and middleware for Laravel 5.7, but I hope that works in any of laravel 5 versions
inside middleware
if (Auth::check()){
return $next($request);
}
else{
return redirect()->guest(route('login'));
}
inside controller login method
if (Auth::attempt(['email' => $email, 'password' => $password])) {
return redirect()->intended('/default');
}
If you need to pass the intented url to client side, you can try the following
if (Auth::attempt(['username' => $request->username, 'password' => $request->password])) {
$intended_url= redirect()->intended('/default')->getTargetUrl();
$response = array(
'status' => 'success',
'redirectUrl' => $intended_url,
'message' => 'Login successful.you will be redirected to home..', );
return response()->json($response);
} else {
$response = array(
'status' => 'failed',
'message' => 'username or password is incorrect', );
return response()->json($response);
}
First, you should know, how you redirect user to 'login' route:
return redirect()->guest('/signin');
Not like this:
return redirect()->intended('/signin');
For Laravel 5.7, You need to make change into:
Middleware>RedirectIfAuthenticated.php
Change this:
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
return redirect('/admin');
}
return $next($request);
}
To this:
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
return redirect('/yourpath');
}
return $next($request);
}
return redirect('/yourpath');