Auth::check() returns false Laravel 5.4

Question

I have created the routes and views needed for authentication using one simple command:

php artisan make:auth

Everything works fine login and register sections. However when I go to my controller's constructor to check if the user its logged in I always get false response; even though the user its logged in!

public function __construct()
{
    dd(Auth::check());

}

Any idea?! And yes I did use Auth; at the top.

Try this `\Auth::check()` instead-of `Auth::check()` – Hariharan Jun 23 '17 at 13:42 — Hariharan, Jun 23 '17 at 13:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 23 '17 at 13:49

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Middleware (and therefore setting the logged in user) don't happen until after the controller constructor. See this related question/answer for more details:

Laravel 5 Auth is non object in Controller construct

answered Jun 23 '17 at 13:49

Conor Mancone

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Ru Chern Chong · Answer 2 · 2017-06-23T13:50:12.737

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Use the helper function auth()->check() and add

$this->middleware('auth') to the function __construct() method.

edited Jun 23 '17 at 13:50

answered Jun 23 '17 at 13:42

Ru Chern Chong

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Can you insert `auth()->loginUsingId(1)` above the `auth()->check()` and see if you got true? – Ru Chern Chong Jun 23 '17 at 13:44
1/1) BadMethodCallException Method loginWithId does not exist. – Leo Jun 23 '17 at 13:46
My bad. It was `loginUsingId()` – Ru Chern Chong Jun 23 '17 at 13:46
Yes I got the user object as a return with the users info. – Leo Jun 23 '17 at 13:48
Then something has gone wrong with the `LoginController` and we need more information on that. And you should use the `Auth Middleware` in the construct method. – Ru Chern Chong Jun 23 '17 at 13:48

Auth::check() returns false Laravel 5.4

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