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In Laravel 11, the Auth middleware is located in the vendor folder. I'm utilizing it for my authentication routes:
Route::prefix('account')->group(function () {
Route::middleware(['auth'])->group(function () {
Route::get('/', [AccountController::class, 'dashboard'])->name('account.dashboard');
});
Route::middleware(['guest'])->group(function () {
Route::get('/login', [AccountController::class, 'login'])->name('account.login');
Route::post('/authenticate', [AccountController::class, 'authenticate'])->name('account.authenticate');
Route::get('/register', [AccountController::class, 'register'])->name('account.register');
Route::post('/signup', [AccountController::class, 'signup'])->name('account.signup');
});
});
When I try to access an auth route, such as account.dashboard, without being logged in, I want to be redirected to account.login instead of the default login route. How can I modify the Auth middleware logic to achieve this? Additionally, how can I make the same adjustment for the guest middleware?
You can do that using the withMiddleware medthod in the Application bootstrapper in bootstrap/app.php:
->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
$middleware->redirectGuestsTo(fn (Request $request) => route('account.login'));
})
https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/authentication#redirecting-unauthenticated-users
@tykus Like this?
The strange thing is, I can see that the file bootstrap/app.php has no impact on the application. Even if I introduce syntax errors in it, the application continues to function normally. I can navigate through different routes and perform actions without any issues. Maybe its some cache?
@lat4732 That’s not what the bootstrap/app.php file looks like in Laravel 11.x. Is this an older application that you’ve upgraded?
@martinbean Nah, its a fresh new application installed with Laravel Installer (https://github.com/laravel/installer). I can verify that the version is 11.13.0 by dumping \Illuminate\Foundation\Application::VERSION
@lat4732 echoing @martinbean here... that is absolutely not the bootstrap/app.php file that is found in a new Laravel 11 application. It should look like this:
<?php
use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Exceptions;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware;
return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
->withRouting(
web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
health: '/up',
)
->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
// here is where you can modify the redirect route...
})
->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
//
})->create();
You probably are looking at the wrong project in your editor/IDE
Nah, its a fresh new application installed with Laravel Installer
@lat4732 In all seriousness, as @tykus says, your bootstrap/app.php file is not the “style” that started shipping with Laravel 11.x: https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/11.x/bootstrap/app.php
Your bootstrap/app.php looks like it’s from a Laravel 10.x application: https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/10.x/bootstrap/app.php
My apologies, I was looking at the bootstrap/app.php file from another Laravel project. This is the correct way to proceed:
<?php
use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Exceptions;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
->withRouting(
web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
health: '/up',
)
->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
$middleware->redirectGuestsTo(fn (Request $request) => route('account.login'));
$middleware->redirectUsersTo(fn (Request $request) => route('account.dashboard'));
})
->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
//
})->create();
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