Trying to get property of non-object - for authorized users only

Hi guys,

I'm having a weird problem that I can't see to figure out.

I am using the typical CRUD method. When I put the show route under the auth middleware, I can see it by authorized users, but of course, not by unauthorized users. Weirdly enough, when I put the show route outside of the auth middleware, then authorized users cannot see the create page. I'm really confused.

Let me share some code: (Here, the unauthorized users can see the posts, but when an authorized user tries to create a new post, he gets the following error

(2/2) ErrorException Trying to get property of non-object (View: /Users/code/resources/views/rooms/show.blade.php)

web.php

<?php

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Auth::routes();

Route::get('/home', 'HomeController@index')->name('home');

Route::get('{provider}/auth', [
  'uses' => 'SocialsController@auth',
  'as' => 'social.auth'
  ]);
Route::get('/{provider}/redirect', [
  'uses' => 'SocialsController@auth_callback',
  'as' => 'social.callback'
  ]);
Route::get('rooms/index', [
  'uses' => 'RoomsController@index',
  'as' => 'rooms.index'
  ]);
  Route::get('rooms/{slug}', [
  'uses' => 'RoomsController@show',
  'as' => 'room'
  ]);

Route::group(['middleware'=>'auth'], function() {

  Route::get('rooms/create', [
    'uses' => 'RoomsController@create',
    'as' => 'rooms.create'
    ]);
  Route::post('rooms/store', [
    'uses' => 'RoomsController@store',
    'as' => 'rooms.store'
    ]);
  Route::get('rooms/edit/{slug}', [
    'uses' => 'RoomsController@edit',
    'as' => 'rooms.edit'
    ]);
  Route::put('rooms/update/{id}', [
    'uses' => 'RoomsController@update',
    'as' => 'rooms.update'
    ]);
  Route::delete('rooms/delete/{slug}', [
    'uses' => 'RoomsController@destroy',
    'as' => 'rooms.destroy'
    ]);
});

RoomsController.php


...
    /**
     * Show the form for creating a new resource.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function create()
    {
        return view('rooms.create');
    }

    /**
     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $this->validate(request(), [
            'title' => 'required|max:45|min:10',
...
        ]);

        $room = Room::create([
            'title' => request()->title,
...
        ]);

        return redirect()->route('room', ['slug' => $room->slug]);
    }

    /**
     * Display the specified resource.
     *
     * @param  int  $id
     * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
     */
    public function show($slug)
    {
        return view('rooms.show')->with('rooms', Room::where('slug', $slug)->first());
    }

Is there anyway to perhaps put the show route available to both authorized and non-authorized users? (This seems to be the case for everything outside of the auth middleware.... but, at this point, I'm not really sure.)

Thanks a lot for any ideas or help that you can provide. You guys have been really great!

Thanks!

Brad

Trying to get property of non-object - for authorized users only

web.php

RoomsController.php

show.blade.php

First error

details:

894e2bd7f138b5576c5cc3c1673cfa9dedca267b.php

RoomsController.php

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