Filters in Laravel 5

Question

How do we make filters in Laravel 5? Is the idea of filters going away?

Answer 1

1. Create a middleware with

   php artisan make:middleware class_name
   

2. Create a short-hand key in your app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php :

   protected $middleware = [
     // ....
     'shortName'  => 'App\Http\Middleware\class_name',
   ];
   

3. You can now enable it to any Route (just like the L4 filters):

   $router->post('url', ['middleware' => 'shortName', function() {
    ... 
   }]);