Laravel Auth::user() relationships

Question

I am trying to get my users role relation through the Auth::user() function. I have done this before but for some reason it is not working.

Auth::user()->role

This returns the error trying to get property from non-object.

In my user model I have this:

public function role()
{
    return $this->belongsTo('vendor\package\Models\Role');
}

In my role model I have:

public function user()
    {
        return $this->hasMany('vendor\package\Models\User');
    }

When I do this it returns the name of my role, so my relations are correct I think:

User::whereEmail('[email protected]')->first()->role->name

What am I missing?

Yes Auth::user() returns eloquent instance of User model (when found). — Kyslik
– Kyslik, Commented Mar 11, 2015 at 15:49

Jeff Lambert · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-11 16:00:17Z

4

Auth::user can return a non-object when no user is logged in. You can use Auth::check() to guard against this, or even Auth::user itself:

if(!($user = Auth::user())) {
    // No user logged in
} else {
    $role = $user->role;
}

Alternatively:

if(Auth::check()) {
    $role = Auth::user()->role;
}

edited Mar 11, 2015 at 16:00

answered Mar 11, 2015 at 15:49

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Kyslik Over a year ago

or simply rely on middleware! and not checking needed. There is one that L5 is shipping out with. app/Http/middleware/Authenticate.php and registered as "auth" in app/Http/kernel.php.

Jeff Lambert Over a year ago

That's correct, and a great point. OP didn't specify what version of Laravel he's on, though, so I assumed Laravel 4.

Kyslik Over a year ago

I assumed L5 :) but either way if L4 there are filters for that.

Jeff Lambert Over a year ago

For all we know this code is running inside of a filter, OP makes no distinction in his question.

Joren Van Hocht Over a year ago

Sorry that I was not clear enough, the version of Laravel that I am using for this project is 4.2 and the code that I'm trying to run is located in a filter 'role' This filter is executed after the auth filter so my user is definitely logged in to my application. Auth::user() returns my user by the way.

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Joren Van Hocht · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-24 11:14:35Z

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Ok I found out why it wasn't working for me. The thing is that my User model where I was talking about was a part of my package, and because Laravel has it's own User model in the default Laravel installation it was not working.

Your package model does not override an already existing model. I solved my problem by making a Trait instead of a model for my package.

answered Mar 24, 2015 at 11:14

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