Create Custom Middleware (Cmd)

We have to create custom middleware using the laravel command. 

So let’s open your terminal and run bellow command:

php artisan make:middleware <middleware-name>

php artisan make:middleware CheckType

CheckType is name of middleware.

After the above run command, you will find one file on bellow location and you have to write the following code:

Location:- Root/app/Http/Middleware/CheckType.php

<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;

class AgeMiddleware {
   public function handle($request, Closure $next) {
      return $next($request);
   }
}

Registering Middleware

We need to register each and every middleware before using it. There are two types of Middleware in Laravel.

• Global Middleware -These run on every HTTP request to your application. You can add them to the $middleware property of the app/Http/Kernel.php file.

protected $middleware = [
    // Other middleware...
    \App\Http\Middleware\MyMiddleware::class,
];

• Route Middleware - These are assigned to specific routes or groups of routes. You can add them to the $routeMiddleware property of the app/Http/Kernel.php file.

protected $routeMiddleware = [
    // Other middleware...
    'my.middleware' => \App\Http\Middleware\MyMiddleware::class,
];

Add Middleware in Route

Now we will create a simple route using CheckType middleware. So let’s simply open the routes.php file and add those routes.

Location:- Root/routes/web.php

Route::get("check-md",["uses"=>"HomeController@checkMD","middleware"=>"checkType"]);

Add Controller Method

Now at last we have to add a new controller method checkMD() in your Home Controller. So let’s add the “checkMD()” method on the HomeController.php file.

Location:- Root/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php

<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
public function checkMD()
{
dd('checkMD');
}
}

Ok, now we are ready to run our example, so you can run the below links and check how custom helper works.