I have a custom login controller that is meant to set a custom guard depending on a users access level, which will determine what they can access on the site.
the login works, however when i add middleware to protect the routes, it returns null and i'm not sure this is the correct way to set the guard based on the user login.
currently the code just loops back to the login page, and the custom guard returns null.
// loginController.php
if (Auth::attempt($request->only('email', 'password'))) {
Auth::login(Auth::user(), true);
$this->guard('custom_user');
return redirect('/home');
}
protected function guard($custom_user){
return Auth::guard($custom_user);
}
// config/auth.php
'guards' => [
'custom_user' => [
'driver' => 'session',
'provider' => 'users',
],
],
'providers' => [
'users' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\User::class,
],
],
// middleware/RedirectIfAuthenticaed.php
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if (Auth::guard('custom_user')->check()) {
return $next($request);
}
return redirect('/login');
}
* UPDATE *
I fixed the issue, was because i was setting secure cookies, but working on a local environment. Both solutions worked, just needed an SSL.