Laravel Route::current() returns null

Question

I am trying to use the current route in middleware in Laravel 5.7 using the following line of code:

$route = Route::current();

But I get a null value for $route. Any ideas?

But in your middleware's method you are given the request and next closure... — ka_lin, Feb 26 '19 at 15:25
@ka_lin Ok then, how should I do it? I'm a little new to Middlewares. — Farzan Badakhshan, Feb 26 '19 at 15:26

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '19 at 15:48

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The route couldn't be available yet because the router hasn't been yet called. That's depends on what middlewares are called before your middleware.

I think that, in a before middleware, you can try with: $route = $request->path(); just to be sure and not depending on the Router being booted or not.

answered Feb 26 '19 at 15:48

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The thing is this worked before I migrated from Laravel 5.1 to 5.7. What could have changed? – Farzan Badakhshan Feb 26 '19 at 19:23
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Probably has changed the point, in the chain of middlewares, in wich the Router is bootstrapped. – dparoli Feb 26 '19 at 19:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '20 at 20:33

You just want to change where your middleware is registered in app/Http/Kernel.php if you need access to the Route facade.

I'm betting that your middleware is in the protected $middleware array. It should be in one of your $middlewareGroups usually web or api. Or if you need it for a specific route you can add it to the $routeMiddleware array.

For example, I wanted to access Route from within my HandleInertiaRequests middleware so I had to move to $middlewareGroups like shown in this screenshot:

Laravel Route::current() returns null

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