Laravel 5 check whether a user is logged in

authentication laravel filter url-routing laravel-5

You should use the auth middleware. In your route just add it like this:

Route::get('pages/mainpage', ['middleware' => 'auth', 'uses' => 'FooController@index']);

Or in your controllers constructor:

public function __construct(){    $this->middleware('auth');}

authentication laravel filter url-routing laravel-5

you can do this directly in your blade code by this way

@if (!Auth::guest())        do this @else        do that@endif

authentication laravel filter url-routing laravel-5

use

Auth::check()

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