How to redirect the user to dashboard if i remove the "/dashboard" from the port server in Laravel?

Question

My port server is my login interface. * http://127.0.0.1:8000/* That is my login part, after entering my details it will redirect me to my dashboard http://127.0.0.1:8000/dashboard. But if I remove the /dashboard from the url it returns me back to login even when I am still in session and hasn't yet click the logout button. If I put the /dashboard again I will return to the dashboard because the user is still in session. I want to return to dashboard even I remove /dashboard. How to do that in Laravel?

Answer 1

• Middleware can do this work for you. just follow

1. Firstly, you have to create a middleware.

php artisan make:middleware RedirectIfUserAuthenticated

2. Register your middleware at kernel:

 protected $routeMiddleware = [
    ..............................
    'auth.backend' => Middleware\RedirectIfUserAuthenticated::class,
 ];

3. Call your middleware at your routes or controller which you want to user authenticated can see after they're login.

Route::group(['middleware' => ['auth.backend'], function () {
     // Add your routes except login route.
}]);

4. Let's added some codes into middleware that we have created: RedirectIfUserAuthenticated

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class RedirectIfUserAuthenticated
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @param  string|null  $guard
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
    {
        if (auth()->check()) {
            return redirect()->to('/dashboard');
        }

        return $next($request);
    }
}
 

• Important: You can added middlware auth to your routes this will work as well if you don't want to create new one: Locat at: Middlewares/Authenticat.php and custom whatever your want.

Route::group(['middleware' => ['auth'], function () {
     // Add your routes except login route.
}]);

Done !