auth logout doesn't work laravel

Question

I made the files for authentication using the command

php artisan make:auth

I've read on the internet that register, login, as well as logout should work properly, but localhost:8080/logout doesn't work, and I don't know why.

I also read something about modifying AuthController in app, but I do not have that file.

I tried to do it by hand, which means I created a middleware LogoutRedirect:

 public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
    return redirect(pages.logout);
}

In the routes I added

use App\Http\Middleware\LogoutRedirect;

Route::get('logout', function()
{
    return view('pages.logout');
})->middleware(LogoutRedirect::class);

And logout.blade.php looks like

{{ Auth::logout() }}

I get the error (when trying to access localhost:8080/logout)

Use of undefined constant pages - assumed 'pages'

What could I do about it?

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EDIT

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I tried another approach (but with no better results):

1. renamed the route which redirects to '/' to 'home'

2. made a LogoutController in app/http/Controllers/Auth

   namespace App\Http\Controllers;
   use [...]
   class LogoutController extends Controller
   {
       public function logout() {
           Auth::logout();
           return Redirect::route('home');
   }
   }
   

3. made the route

   Route::post('logout', array(
       'as' => 'account-sign-out',
       'uses' => 'Auth\LogoutController@logout'
   ));
   

The error I get is

  MethodNotAllowedHttpException in RouteCollection.php line 233:

That's the same error I get when I try to use the default logout defined in auth

Answer 1

You are trying to access the logout page with GET. But this doesn't work because your logout route is a post route. Change

Route::post('logout', array(
    'as' => 'account-sign-out',
    'uses' => 'Auth\LogoutController@logout'
));

by

Route::get('logout', [
    'as' => 'account-sign-out',
    'uses' => 'Auth\LogoutController@logout'
]);

When you go to the /logout route with the method GET(The default when you go to a page) it should work.