baileylo/session-user

Authenticated User injection for auto resolving IOCs

SessionUser

An easy way to inject the authenticated User into your Controllers., _(*1)

Installation

Step 1: Install the package

Add this line to your composer.json, _(*2)

"baileylo/session-user": "1.0.0"

Or, use the commandline:, _(*3)

composer require baileylo/session-user

Step 2: Register the Service Provider(Laravel Specific)

Edit your app/config/app.php file and add this line to the providers array:, _(*4)

'Portico\SessionUser\LaravelSessionUserProvider'

Step 3: Update your User Object

Add the following interface to your User model/entity,, _(*5)

\Portico\SessionUser\SessionUser

So your class may now look like this, _(*6)

<?php

use Portico\SessionUser\SessionUser;

class User extends Eloquent Implements SessionUser

Usage

In controllers where all functions require authentication you can update the constructor to pass in the authenticated user., _(*7)

<?php

use Portico\SessionUser\SessionUser;

class MyController {
    protected $user;
    public function __construct(SessionUser $user)
    {
        $this->user = $user;
    }
}