How to get the current user in a __construct method of controller - 7-Views

This issue arises because the controller __construct method executes before any middleware. so it returns null when we call

auth()->user()

So the solution of the issue is, inside your Controller __construct method call this.

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware(function ($request, $next) {
        dump(auth()->user());
        return $next($request);
    });
}

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