Section 6: Advanced Request

Middleware

Register Middleware

Open up app/Http/Kernel.php and update any of the Kernel class properties, depends on your need.

To register middleware globally, use $middleware property.

To register middleware in group, use $middlewareGroups property.

To register middleware for route, use $routeMiddleware property.

Middleware Usage

There's two category, one from route and the other one from controller's constructor.

From Controller

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('auth');
}

From Route

For Individual Route

Route::get('/contact-us', 'StaticPageController@contactUs')->name('static.contactUs')->middleware('auth');

For Group Route

Route::group([
    'middleware' => ['auth'],
    'prefix' => 'admin',
], function () {
    Route::resource('users', 'UserController');
    Route::resource('posts', 'PostController');
    Route::resource('media', 'MediumController');
});