It return null value when i am trying to get user id

Question

I am trying to get a logged in user data like id, name, email etc. I have to compare this id with another table called adminpictures and then display this picture if any record found against this id.

here is my code for getting user id

$id = Auth::id();
        dd($id);

but it return null, i want logged in user id. How i can do that. I am new in laravel

Is your user logged in? Auth::user() will return a user object if user is logged in else it return null. so verify once that your user is logged in — Rupal Javiya, Jul 04 '16 at 05:38
if `dd(Auth::user());` returns `null` which means the user doesnt have an active session. Check if your session driver is `array`. if so change it to file and try loggin in — Cerlin, Jul 04 '16 at 05:52
check your `.env` file for a variable called `SESSION_DRIVER` and check if thats properly mapped to `driver` variable in `config/session.php` — Cerlin, Jul 04 '16 at 05:54
are you sending a `CORS` request? check if your request is having cookie called `laravel_session`. — Cerlin, Jul 04 '16 at 06:00
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/116335/discussion-between-cerlin-boss-and-muhammad-arslan). — Cerlin, Jul 04 '16 at 06:01
Also please verify if your session directory ie storage/framework/session/ is writable if not then make it writable — Rupal Javiya, Jul 04 '16 at 06:02
if you are using latest version of laravel then you need to specify "WEB Middleware" in either route group or in route service provider this will run your auth session — Bindesh Pandya, Jul 04 '16 at 07:08

Al Ameen · Answer 1 · 2016-07-04T10:57:22.630

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you can use sentinel middleware for this.write this code in your controller if you are using default User model as your model for table in database.this code will work

use Sentinel;
$user = Sentinel::getUser();
dd($user);

this will print the user logged in refer more on sentinel here https://cartalyst.com/manual/sentinel/2.0

edited Jul 04 '16 at 10:57

answered Jul 04 '16 at 10:48

Al Ameen

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '16 at 05:38

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Try this:

$id = Auth::user()->id;
        dd($id);

answered Jul 04 '16 at 05:38

Gulmuhammad Akbari

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now i have this error Trying to get property of non-object – Muhammad Arslan Jul 04 '16 at 05:39
"Trying to get property of non-object" this error occur now – Muhammad Arslan Jul 04 '16 at 05:41
i have a one user and user is logged in – Muhammad Arslan Jul 04 '16 at 05:41
logout and login again – Gulmuhammad Akbari Jul 04 '16 at 05:41
See this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17835886/laravel-authuser-id-tying-to-get-a-property-of-a-non-object – Gulmuhammad Akbari Jul 04 '16 at 05:43

Narendrasingh Sisodia · Answer 3 · 2016-07-04T05:42:13.637

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You've a typo within your code, it should be

$id = Auth::user()->id;

and not

$id = Auth::id();

You can check user is logged in or not simply using

if (Auth::check())
{
    // The user is logged in...
    $id = Auth::user()->id;
}

edited Jul 04 '16 at 05:42

answered Jul 04 '16 at 05:38

Narendrasingh Sisodia

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now i have this error Trying to get property of non-object – Muhammad Arslan Jul 04 '16 at 05:40
You need to first check user exists or not. – Narendrasingh Sisodia Jul 04 '16 at 05:40
how i can do that? i don't know about it – Muhammad Arslan Jul 04 '16 at 05:42
this check do nothing for me public function index() { if (Auth::check()) { // The user is logged in... $id = Auth::user()->id; // dd($id); return view('admin.index', compact('id')); } } – Muhammad Arslan Jul 04 '16 at 05:45
This seems to be work if you've properly managed to logged in user – Narendrasingh Sisodia Jul 04 '16 at 05:46
cut paste return view code in this if condition and now it return blank page – Muhammad Arslan Jul 04 '16 at 05:47
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/116334/discussion-between-muhammad-arslan-and-uchiha). – Muhammad Arslan Jul 04 '16 at 05:50

It return null value when i am trying to get user id

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