laravel sentry redirect::intended not working

Question

I\'m trying to get the sentry package set up in my app correctly.

I can log a user in and out and protect routes but I can\'t seem to get the redirect::intended

Answer 1

@reikyoushin's answer is excellent. Here's a slightly different version.

routes.php

// NOTE: do NOT name your filter "auth" as it will not override
//       Laravel's built-in auth filter and will not get executed
Route::filter( 'sentryAuth', function()
{
    // check if logged in or not
    if ( ! Sentry::check() )
    {
        // the guest() method saves the intended URL in Session
        return Redirect::guest( 'user/login' );
    } else {
        // now check permissions for the given route
        $user = Sentry::getUser();
        if ( ! $user->hasAccess( Route::currentRouteName() ) )
        {
            // redirect to 403 page
            return Response::make( 'Forbidden', 403 );
        }
    }
});

// Protected routes
Route::group( array( 'before' => 'sentryAuth', function()
{
    Route::get( 'admin', function() { return View::make( 'admin.index' ); } );
});

and in your login function:

public function login() {
    try {
        $creds = array(
            'email'    => Input::get( 'email' ),
            'password' => Input::get( 'password' )
        );
        $user = Sentry::authenticate( $creds );
        return Redirect::intended( 'dashboard' );
    } catch ( Exception $e ) {
        // handle exceptions
    }
}