How to get a custom value using the method Auth in Laravel?

Question

In my laravel project, when i want to get the current user ID, i use this logic bellow:

public function showuserid() {

    $userid = Auth::id(); //this is the simplest way i found of how to get the current user's id

    return view('perfil/mostrarid')->with('mostrarid',  $userid);

}

My problem is, my table 'users' in my database, has an extra column called 'credencial'.

I tried to do $userid = Auth::credencial(); but it doesn't work and i get an error:

Method Illuminate\Auth\SessionGuard::credencial does not exist.

Can i get that value using Auth somehow? Is there any other way, as simple as Auth, to get the value?

Auth::user()->credencial doesn't work. I get this following error: "Trying to get property 'credencial' of non-object" — Neyelson Alves
– Neyelson Alves, Commented Feb 21, 2020 at 20:14
But is an autethicated user wich send the request? Auth::id() will not work also if there is not an authenticated user laravel.com/docs/5.8/… — porloscerros Ψ
– porloscerros Ψ, Commented Feb 21, 2020 at 20:20
Auth::id() works because the user is authenticated. Auth::credencial() does not work because 'credencial' is a custom column that i put in 'users' table. — Neyelson Alves
– Neyelson Alves, Commented Feb 21, 2020 at 20:36
Auth::credencial() deosn't works because credencial it's not an Auth method. What I suggest was this Auth::user()->credencial. And what I mean it's if Auth::user() reurns null, Auth::id() will return null too. If it's there an authenticated user , Auth::user() will return the user table fields — porloscerros Ψ
– porloscerros Ψ, Commented Feb 21, 2020 at 20:45

Kenny Horna · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-21 20:41:29Z

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My problem is, my table 'users' in my database, has an extra column called 'credencial'.

You need to access a logged-in user's property. To do so, try this:

$credential = Auth::user()->credential;

Now, in order to avoid to throw the error:

Trying to get property 'credencial' of non-object

Make sure that your user is logged-in. You could do this checking it first:

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

answered Feb 21, 2020 at 20:41

Kenny Horna

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2 Comments

Neyelson Alves Over a year ago

I don't know what happened. Before i posted the question, i tried Auth::user()->credential and it wasn't working. Now that i checked again, seems like Auth::user()->credential works fine. I tested with the user logged in all the time. Thanks anyway.

Abdellah Ramadan Over a year ago

There was surely a typo in your code. Auth::user() gives you access to the user's field in the database.

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