Protecting all admin/ routes with auth in Laravel

Question

I am brand new to laravel and am setting up admin panel authorization on my first application. The way I have my files setup currently setup is:

controllers/
             


        

Answer 1

So I was able to solve my problem a slightly different way. I created an (base) Admin_Controller in the root of the controllers folder, with a constructor calling the auth filter before execution:

class Admin_Controller extends Base_Controller {

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->filter('before', 'auth');
    }

}

and then made all my admin related controllers in /controllers/admin extend Admin_Controller and call the parent constructor:

class Admin_Dashboard_Controller extends Admin_Controller {

    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    public function action_index()
    {
        return View::make('admin.dashboard');
    }

}

This might not be the most eloquent solution, but it does the job!