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Josh Mountain
Josh Mountain

Reputation: 1950

Laravel 4 View::share( ) only after auth filtering

I have some user data I need to share with all views, a list of 'types' owned by the user. I have setup a view::share to accomplish this, and placed it inside my routes.php inside an 'auth' filtered group like so:

routes.php

/* Authenticated group */
Route::group( array('before' => 'auth'), function() {

    // Bring list of user's Types into views for sidebar menu generation
    View::share( 'types', User::find( Auth::user()->id )->types );

    /* Some user routes */

});

This works properly when the user is logged in, however when they are logged out it throws Trying to get property of non-object error. Am I misunderstanding how route filtering works? I'm guessing this View::share is still being processed even though it is inside the 'auth' filtered route group.

What is the proper way to do this? Should I create a Route::filter to share the data and then apply it to the route group?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 283

Answers (2)

JofryHS
JofryHS

Reputation: 5874

You might be able to just share the variable in your filters instead.

Assuming you use Laravel's default auth filters (in filters.php):

Route::filter('auth', function()
{
    if (Auth::guest()) {
        View::share('types', 'not_logged_in');
        return Redirect::guest('login');
    }
    else {
        View::share('types', User::find( Auth::user()->id )->types);
        // If you are not returning anything, this filter passes
    }
});

Upvotes: 1

Patrick Moore
Patrick Moore

Reputation: 13354

It's because Auth::user() returns non-object when not logged in. Need to account for this.

if ( Auth::check() ){
    View::share( 'types', User::find( Auth::user()->id )->types );
} else {
    View::share( 'types', $some_other_types_here );
}

Upvotes: 1

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