Laravel, Auth::user() in controller

Question

Laravel framework- Why aren\'t I able to use Auth::user(), (to see if user has been logged in) in the controller of the laravel project. Is the Session not connected to the cont

Answer 1

I have the same problem. The solution I've found, is to not use \Auth::user() (it returns null). Instead, go through the guard like this: \Auth::guard('mrm')->User(). Obviously replace 'mrm' with whatever auth guard you are using.

This works, correctly returning the current user even when Auth::User returns null, and you can also use other methods on it - e.g. \Auth::guard('mrm')->check() instead of \Auth::check() (which always returns false).

No idea why the Auth facade doesn't work, but at least there is an alternative that does.