I'm trying to prevent people from accessing the /dashboard
route unless they're authenticated(logged in). I looked at the laravel docs and here's what I thought I was supposed to do to accomplish this.
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function (){
Route::get('/dashboard', [
'uses' => 'UserController@getDashboard',
'as' => 'dashboard'
]);
});
You don't need to add that extra middleware in the route. Just use the group and you'll be fine. You can see here: https://laravel.com/docs/5.1/routing#route-groups
Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function () {
// User needs to be authenticated to enter here.
Route::get('/', function () {
// Uses Auth Middleware
});
Route::get('user/profile', function () {
// Uses Auth Middleware
});
});