How to redirect to login if user is not authenticated in laravel

Question

I'm trying to use the __constructor from the extended class (AdminController extends AdminBaseController) but aparently it's not working and I have no idea of what can be, here you can see both of my classes:

AdminBaseController.php

class AdminBaseController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct(){
        if (!Auth::user()){
            return view('admin.pages.login.index');
        }
    }
}

AdminController.php

class AdminController extends AdminBaseController
{
    public function __construct(){
        parent::__construct();
    }

    public function index()
    {
        return view('admin.pages.admin.index');
    }

    public function ajuda()
    {
        return view('admin.pages.admin.ajuda');
    }
}

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

Use middleware for this purpose and then in controller constructor use it as in example below.

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'logout']);
}

And then you need to secure routes where you want from user to be logged in to access.

Route::group(['middleware' => 'auth'], function() {
      Route::get('/dashboard', 'DashboardController@index');
});

Hope it helps!!

Thank You!!