Get User in Laravel 5.4 Controller constructor

Question

I have Laravel 5.4 Base Controller which should share along children Controllers some common data depending on current Authenticated user.

I was Trying to get it like

public function __construct(ValidationFactory $validation)
{
    $this->middleware(array('auth', 'lockscreen'));
    var_dump(\Auth::user());
    die;  
}

this do not works.

this will return null, as I understand mainly because of middleware — fefe
– fefe, Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 15:53
this is a typo in here, otherwise would dump some error and not null — fefe
– fefe, Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 16:33
@fefe That's a change introduced in 5.3. The recommended workaround is to use a closure middleware (see docs for more info). — kajetons
– kajetons, Commented Jun 30, 2017 at 16:35

Maraboc · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-20 07:49:20Z

4

private $userId;

public function __construct()
{
   $this->middleware(function ($request, $next) {
        $this->userId = Auth::user()->id;
        return $next($request);
    });
}

edited Oct 20, 2017 at 7:49

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answered Sep 8, 2017 at 11:42

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besrabasant Over a year ago

I tried using this. This does not work trying to access the variable outside middleware definition returns null.

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