Laravel can't set class variable in constructor

Question

I have a private variable in my class that I want to be set to the authenticated user. For some reason, though, I can't get the variable to be set inside of the constructor. Here is what I have so far:

private $user = null;


  public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('auth');

        $this->user = Auth::user();
    }

 public function index()
    {
        $return['Admin'] = $this->user;

        return view('home', compact('return'));
    }

The variable $user stays null for some reason though. When I use Auth::user() in place of $this->user though, it works just fine. I have set variables from the constructor multiple times in the past and this is the first time it hasn't worked for me. Any help would be appreciated.

DevK · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-04 23:48:02Z

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Since Laravel 5.3 you are no longer able to access session in controller constructors, because middleware has not run yet.

You can define a closure (scroll to "Session In The Constructor") that happens after the session middleware has ran.

answered Nov 4, 2017 at 23:48

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Eric Brown Over a year ago

Thank you very much. Works like a charm.

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