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

Answer 1

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';
    }
}

Answer 2

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 3

1. Go to Providers->RouteServiceProvider.php

2. There change the route, given below:

   class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
   {
    protected $namespace = 'App\Http\Controllers';
   
    /**
     * The path to the "home" route for your application.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    public const HOME = '/dashboard';