Confusion about Gates and Policies

Hi, everyone,

I'm confused and not sure about Gates and Policies. Please answer the following questions, that could help me clear my doubts.

Should I use Policies only when I need to apply condition to entire Model?
While using Policies, it is mandatory to use Gates or can we create policies without using gates?
Where can I find tutorial that explain ACL using only laravel?

jlrdw

8 years ago

Level 75

You should perhaps:

Work the examples from docs
Watch Jeffrey's videos on Authorization and Authentication

Yes basically a policy is for example

An admin can do this and that
A user can do only that, not this

The gate works with the policy, like:

No user allowed beyond me, but admin is okay.
Or, you can not pass me unless the policy allows it.

Just a simplified explanation. An yes it can be over whelming at first.

Remember however simple auth is also there without having to mess with the gates and policies. I view gates and policies for larger complex sites with many roles and permissions.

And https://laracasts.com/lessons/users-and-roles

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