Different controller depending on user role - Laravel 5.1

Question

I'm not sure if this is good or bad practice, but I'm trying to load the same route with a different controller / method depending on the user role.

Tried to do some role filtering like below, but not sure if this is the way to go:

Route::group(['before' => 'role:admin'], function() {
   Route::get('/', 'FirstController@index');
});

Route::group(['before' => 'role:editor'], function() {
   Route::get('/', 'SecondController@index');
});


Route::filter('role', function($route, $request, $value) {
   // what to do here and is this the right way?
});

But I don't get it to work. How can I accomplish this?

EDIT

Found this thread: Laravel same route, different controller

But the accepted answer:

if( ! Auth::check())

Always returns false in routes.php

Could you provide a bit more information on how I can call a different controller with middleware? — Tim van Uum, Jan 04 '16 at 10:47
Am going to post a detail answer on that. might be that could help you — Basheer Kharoti, Jan 04 '16 at 10:52
Fixed it by doing something like: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31368433/single-laravel-route-for-multiple-controllers — Tim van Uum, Jan 04 '16 at 11:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '16 at 15:56

Maybe you could have something along these lines?

Route::group(['middlware' => ['web', 'auth']], function (Router $router)
{
    /** get the logged in user here **/
    Auth::loginUsingId(2);
    $user = Auth::user();

    //you can move this to some other function but just to get the idea out i did it this way.
    if ($user->hasRole('admin'))
    {
        $router->get('test', function ()
        {
            dd('admin');
        });
    }
    elseif ($user->hasRole('owner'))
    {
        $router->get('test', function ()
        {
            dd('owner');
        });
    }
});

Different controller depending on user role - Laravel 5.1

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