Framework: Laravel 5.7 global HTTP middleware get route return null

[wkdcode-istvan]

• Laravel Version: 5.7
• PHP Version:
• Database Driver & Version:

Description:

Global middleware route parameter return null

Steps To Reproduce:

Create a middleware and register it in the Kernel.php $middleware = []

Route

Route::get('/{parameter_name}', function () {
return view('welcome');
})->name('welcome');

Middleware
/**
* Handle an incoming request.
*
* @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* @param \Closure $next
* @return mixed
*/
public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
{
dump( $request->route('parameter_name') );
return $next($request);
}

[seriquynh]

@wkdcode-istvan Because all global middlewares are called before the request is dispatched to the router, you get the route as a null value. What do you really want to do?

[X-Coder264]

That's the expected behavior and not a bug. All global middleware are executed before the request gets dispatched to the router (where the route parameter binding happens). You can use $request->route() only in a route level middleware.

EDIT: @xuanquynh was a few seconds faster 😄

[seriquynh]

@X-Coder264 It's so funny. Because you explain more details, it takes you more time than me. :)

[wkdcode-istvan]

Thanks guys,
I use modules with their own route files and I wanted to check the slug for the language code without adding a middleware to every route defined in the modules.
It make sense now, why didn't worked.
Thanks

[shez1983]

@wkdcode-istvan in one of my middleware i did something like this:

if ($request->is('') ) {
//            do something
            }

and this seems to work!

as an aside you can do something like:

Route::middleware(['..'])->group(function () {
  ... routes 
});

[rs-sliske]

You can access the route if you apply the middleware at the group level (eg the web middleware group)

just not global.

[wkdcode-istvan]

Hi @shez1983,
Hi @rs-sliske,

Finally I have added the middleware to the web group and it works as it's should, just not global, but it's not a big issue. I can reuse the middleware in another modules as well if I need.
Thank you for your advice.

[ssi-anik]

In case someone comes here as I did then you can use the middleware as after middleware to get those values.

public function handle ($request, Closure $next) {
    $response = $next($request); // as it's after middleware, then all the routes are being parsed here everything went through.
    // $request->route() will be non null this time
    return $response;
}