Action that requires to be logged in

#1

Maybe this is not a 100% Livewire question, but the idea is to show a page to users and to the guests in a same way, using the same route, but some actions on the page might need require be logged in. Like “:heart: Add to favorites” or maybe “:email: send a message”.
The functionality for logged users is pretty clear. How to redirect users to login page and back to the current page without adding special controllers and routes? Is this possible?

#2

You can just use Laravel Directives

Blade

@guest
   <button>You must Login to Send a message</button>
@endguest

@auth
<button>Send Message</button
@endauth

component [controller]

if (Auth::check()) {
// do this
}

And so on …

#3

@skywalker Right, this was clear for me.

My question was whether it is possible to make a simple action, that redirects guest to login and back to this page.

@guest
   <a title="You must Login to Send a message" href="{{route('login')}}">Send a message</a>
@endguest

But make sure that login will redirect user back to this page… :slight_smile:

#4

You can do the following in your loginController if you are using the default laravel-ui scaffolding

// LoginController
public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('guest')->except('logout');
    $this->redirectTo = url()->previous();
}

or you can override ShowLoginForm

public function showLoginForm()
{
    if(!session()->has('url.intended'))
    {
        session(['url.intended' => url()->previous()]);
    }
    return view('auth.login');
}

P.S: I notice in many laravel project I made, after authenticate the user by logging in the app redirect me automatically to the previous URL, but how? I Have no Idea :smile:

#5

Another Idea [not tested]
maybe you can make a middleware to check for specific URL parameter, after that it create a session name with the URL value and use this session in your login/register controller

For example:
in your blade

@guest
<a title="Authenticate your self to send a message" value="{{route('login', ['redirect' => Request::fullUrl()])}}">Send a message</a>
@endguest

in RedirectedIfHasRedirectionParameter middleware

// ...
if (request()->has('redirect')) {
    session()->put('redirect', request('redirect'));
}
return request($next);

//...

And Finally in your Login Controller

public function login()
{
// ....

 if (session()->has('redirect')) {
    $redirectionUrl = session()->get('redirect');
    session()->forget('redirect');
    return redirect()->back($redirectionUrl);
 }
}
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