Laravel 5.2: Auth::logout() is not working

Question

I\'m building a very simple app in Laravel 5.2, but when using AuthController\'s action to log out, it just simply doesn\'t work. I have a nav bar which checks

Answer 1

In Http->Middleware->Authenticate.php change login in else statement to /

return redirect()->guest('/');

and define following route in routes.php

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('login');
});

for logout call following function:

public function getlogout(){
    \Auth::logout();
    return redirect('/home');
}

Important: redirect to /home instead of / that first calls $this->middleware('auth'); and then in middleware redirect to /