Previous route name in Laravel 5.1-5.8

Question

I try to find name of previous route in Laravel 5.1. With:

{!! URL::previous() !!}

I get the route url, but I try to get route name like I

Answer 1

I've created a helper function like this.

/**
 * Return whether previous route name is equal to a given route name.
 *
 * @param string $routeName
 * @return boolean
 */
function is_previous_route(string $routeName) : bool
{
    $previousRequest = app('request')->create(URL::previous());

    try {
        $previousRouteName = app('router')->getRoutes()->match($previousRequest)->getName();
    } catch (\Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException $exception) {
        // Exception is thrown if no mathing route found.
        // This will happen for example when comming from outside of this app.
        return false;
    }

    return $previousRouteName === $routeName;
}