Laravel-5 adding hasRole method to Auth

Question

I\'m trying to extend the Laravel-5.1 Auth middleware so that I can add my own method to it:

Auth::hasRole()

What do I need to do in or

Answer 1

I've taken a different tack by using a trait in my User model.

belongsToMany('App\Role');
    }

    public static function findByRole(Role $role)
    {
        return $role->users()->get();
    }

    public function hasRole(Role $role)
    {
        return $this->roles()->get()->contains($role);
    }
}