Laravel 5 - Middleware always restricts access while being logged in

Question

I've got a quite annoying problem at the moment :( hope you can help me out there ...

I'm using the basic login form of laravel at the moment with a pretty much untouched User model. So, the logging in apparently works (tracked it), but whenever I try to restrict content access (restrict routes) with the help of a middleware, it denies the access.

So, why does it deny me the access if I'm apparently logged in?

I'm really not seeing what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks for your help in advance! (for further information I copied you my middleware, authcontroller and my user model)

<?php namespace App;

use Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Auth\Passwords\CanResetPassword;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable as AuthenticatableContract;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\CanResetPassword as CanResetPasswordContract;


class User extends Model implements AuthenticatableContract, CanResetPasswordContract
{

  use Authenticatable, CanResetPassword;

  /**
   * The database table used by the model.
   *
   * @var string
   */
  protected $table = 'user';


  /**
   * The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
   *
   * @var array
   */
  protected $hidden = ['password', 'remember_token'];

  public $timestamps = false;

  /**
   * The attributes that are mass assignable.
   *
   * @var array
   */
  protected $fillable = ['user_properties_ID', 'email', 'password'];

}

I'm also using the standard AuthController

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Registrar;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;

class AuthController extends Controller {

  /*
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Registration & Login Controller
  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  |
  | This controller handles the registration of new users, as well as the
  | authentication of existing users. By default, this controller uses
  | a simple trait to add these behaviors. Why don't you explore it?
  |
  */

  use AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;

  /**
   * Create a new authentication controller instance.
   *
   * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard  $auth
   * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Registrar  $registrar
   * @return void
   */
  public function __construct(Guard $auth, Registrar $registrar)
  {
    $this->auth = $auth;
    $this->registrar = $registrar;

    // $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout', 'getLogin']);
  }

}

And my middleware looks like this:

<?php namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class RedirectIfAuthenticated {

    /**
     * The Guard implementation.
     *
     * @var Guard
     */
    protected $auth;

    /**
     * Create a new filter instance.
     *
     * @param  Guard  $auth
     * @return void
     */

    public function __construct(Guard $auth)
    {
        $this->auth = $auth;
    }


    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
    if (! $this->auth->check())
    {
      // return $next($request);
      return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
      // return redirect()->intended();
      // return new RedirectResponse(url('/trainingsplan-hinzufuegen'));
    }

    return $next($request);
    }

}

routes.php

<?php

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Home
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

Route::group(['prefix' => '', 'middleware' => 'guest', 'namespace' => 'Modules\TrainaryCore\Http\Controllers', 'as' => 'home'], function()
{
  Route::get('/home', 'TrainaryCoreController@render');
});

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Registrierung
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

Route::group(['prefix' => '', 'namespace' => 'Modules\TrainaryCore\Http\Controllers', 'as' => 'registrieren'], function()
{
  Route::get('/registrieren', 'TrainaryCoreController@render');
  Route::post('/registrieren', 'RegistrationController@validateForm');
});


/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Trainingsplan
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

Route::group(['prefix' => '', 'middleware' => 'guest', 'namespace' => 'Modules\TrainaryCore\Http\Controllers', 'as' => 'schedule'], function()
{
  Route::get('/trainingsplan-hinzufuegen', 'TrainaryCoreController@render');
  Route::post('/trainingsplan-hinzufuegen', 'ScheduleController@validateForm');
});

Answer 1

okay, Laravel uses as a standard 'id' for tables ... so, if you want to rename it you have to add following to your Model:

protected $primaryKey  = 'ID';

that's the solution boys

Answer 2

Well, what's happening is ok. If you use the GUEST middleware, it'll only allow you in if you are a guest. You gotta use the AUTH middleware.