Level 122
why request as a child of request?
Jun 23, 2018
5
Level 2
Custom request data not available in Controller constructor
I'm not managing to get data that I add to the Request, in my custom middleware, in the constructor of my Controller.
My Route:
Route::group(['middleware' => ['auth', 'checkIt']], function () {
Route::get('/items', 'ItemController@index');
});
My 'checkIt' middleware (the handle method):
public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next) {
$request->merge(['custom_data' => 'hello']);
return $next($request);
}
My Controller:
class ItemController extends Controller
{
public function __construct(Request $request) {
echo $request->get('custom_data'); // nothing
}
public function index(Request $request) {
echo $request->get('custom_data'); // outputs 'hello'
}
}
How can I get my 'custom_data' in the constructor?
Thanks
Level 2
Hey,
Do you mean why $request->request-> rather than $request-> ?
That's just how I saw it done elsewhere - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37107903/laravel-is-there-a-way-to-add-values-to-a-request-array?rq=1
... And I can confirm the add() method doesn't exist in $request, but only in the 'child request'
Level 2
@Snapey I doubled checked after your comment and turns out I was using an older Laravel version's way of doing things. I've changed my code, but I'm still not able to access the 'custom_data' value in the constructor.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Level 14
try this
public function __construct(Request $request) {
$this->middleware(function() use ($request){
echo $request->get('custom_data'); // hello
});
}
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Level 1
I had the same problem as @dans1121 and the @artak solution worked fine for me, but I dont understand the usage of the middleware and the function.
The code below seems right to me
public function __construct(Request $request) {
echo $request->get('custom_data'); // nothing
}
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