Using Entrust to filter routes

Hey @jalafel. Middleware, most definitely middleware. I'm using Entrust to do the same thing. My middleware (CheckForRole) looks like this:

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;

class CheckForRole
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        $roles = array_slice(func_get_args(), 2);
        if (auth()->check() && auth()->user()->hasRole($roles))
        {
            return $next($request);
        }
        return redirect('/');
    }
}

And I call it in my controller (along with the auth middleware):

/**
     * Call in the middleware to be used in this Controller
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('auth');
        $this->middleware('checkForRole:admin,fieldtech');
    }

In this example, I'm cool with either the "admin" or the "fieldtech" roles having access, so I send both arguments through. Btw, my middleware above is not using "argument unpacking" like I would prefer because, for this application, I am unfortunately deploying to a box running PHP 5.5.9. If you're deploying to something running PHP => 5.6, you can use argument unpacking like the cool kids do. That would look like this:

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;

class CheckForRole
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next, ...$role)
    {
        if (auth()->check() && auth()->user()->hasRole($role))
        {
            return $next($request);
        }
        return redirect('/');
    }
}

I hope this helps.

from : https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/laravel/using-entrust-to-filter-routes/replies/85859