Laravel redirect inside of middleware? - laravel

Question

I have a middleware check by login, how many games has the user, I want to show another view if user have more than one game, but I got everytime redirect error if user has more than one:
This is in case $assigned_games > 1
$games = Auth::user()->userGames;
$assigned_games = count($games);
if ($assigned_games == 1) {
return $next($request);
} elseif ($assigned_games > 1) {
return redirect()->route('games.board');
} elseif ($assigned_games < 1) {
echo "no game bought";
exit;
}
I tried also only with return route('games.board') but it don't work.
How can I set correct redirect here?

Answer 1

if both your route is inside middleware then you should check the current route and if its same as you are redirecting you shouldn't redirect to avoid redirect loop
$games = Auth::user()->userGames;
$assigned_games = count($games);
if ($assigned_games == 1) {
return $next($request);
} elseif ($assigned_games > 1 && \Route::currentRouteName() != 'games.board') {
return redirect()->route('games.board');
} elseif ($assigned_games < 1) {
echo "no game bought";
exit;
} else {
return $next($request);
}