Laravel 5.4 redirection to custom url after login

Question

I am using Laravel Framework 5.4.10, and I am using the regular authentication that

php artisan make:auth 

provides. I want to protect the entire app, and to redirect users to /themes after login.

I have 4 controllers: ForgotPasswordController.php, LoginController.php, RegisterController.php and ResetPasswordController.php. I have edited this line into the last three:

protected $redirectTo = '/themes'; 

This is the first line in my routes/web.php:

Auth::routes(); 

I have added this function in my Controller.php:

    public function __construct()     {         $this->middleware('auth');      } 

I have edited app/Http/Middleware/RedirectIfAuthenticated.php, so that the handle function looks like this:

public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null) {     if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {         return redirect('/themes');     }      return $next($request); } 

It's all fine, except when I click the Login button, I get redirected to "/", not "/themes". If I don't require authentication in the controllers (no __contruct function in Controller.php file), I get redirected OK at login. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

That's what i am currrently working, what a coincidence.

You also need to add the following lines into your LoginController

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;  use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;  use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesUsers;  use Illuminate\Http\Request;  class LoginController extends Controller { /* |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Login Controller |-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | This controller handles authenticating users for the application and | redirecting them to your home screen. The controller uses a trait | to conveniently provide its functionality to your applications. | */  use AuthenticatesUsers;   protected function authenticated(Request $request, $user) { if ( $user->isAdmin() ) {// do your magic here     return redirect()->route('dashboard'); }   return redirect('/home'); } /**  * Where to redirect users after login.  *  * @var string  */ //protected $redirectTo = '/admin';  /**  * Create a new controller instance.  *  * @return void  */ public function __construct() {     $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'logout']); } } 

Answer 2

If you look in the AuthenticatesUsers trait you will see that in the sendLoginResponse method that there is a call made to $this->redirectPath(). If you look at this method then you will discover that the redirectTo can either be a method or a variable.

This is what I now have in my auth controller.

public function redirectTo() {     $user = Auth::user();     switch(true) {         case $user->isInstructor():             return '/instructor';         case $user->isAdmin():         case $user->isSuperAdmin():             return '/admin';         default:             return '/account';     } }