FIX: fix login

Login should work again. Problem was in non-setting sessions. This was resolved by adding middleware "web" to admin group. Thanks to great documentation for NOT MENTIONING this pitfall!

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Dashboard.php

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin;
 
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Http\Requests;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
 
 class Dashboard extends Controller
 {
-    public function getIndex() {
+    public function getIndex(Request $request) {
         return view('admin.dashboard');
     }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Login.php

@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Http\Requests;
 use App\Http\Requests\LoginRequest;
 use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
 
 /**
  * Class Login
@@ -18,22 +20,6 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
  */
 class Login extends Controller
 {
-    /**
-     * Display login form
-     *
-     * This method displays login form, or in case that user is logged in, redirects him to admin dashboard panel.
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\View\Factory|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\View\View
-     */
-    public function getLoginForm()
-    {
-        if (Auth::check()) {
-            return redirect()->route('admin.dashboard');
-        }
-
-        return view('admin.loginForm.form');
-    }
-
     /**
      * Login handler
      *
@@ -59,13 +45,9 @@ class Login extends Controller
         if (Hash::check($request->password, $user->password)) {
             Auth::login($user);
 
-            return redirect()->route('admin.dashboard');
+            return redirect()->intended(route('admin.dashboard'));
         }
 
-        //        if (Auth::attempt($request->only('email', 'password'))) {
-        //            return redirect()->route('admin.dashboard');
-        //        }
-
         // login invalid, redirect and inform the user
         return $this->loginFailed();
     }
@@ -74,6 +56,7 @@ class Login extends Controller
     {
         return redirect()
             ->route('login')
-            ->with('error', trans('auth.failed'));
+            ->with('error', trans('auth.failed'))
+            ->withInput();
     }
 }

app/Http/Kernel.php

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
      */
     protected $routeMiddleware = [
         'auth' => \App\Http\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
-        'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
+//        'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
         'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
         'throttle' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class,
     ];

app/Http/Middleware/Authenticate.php

@@ -10,19 +10,20 @@ class Authenticate
     /**
      * Handle an incoming request.
      *
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
-     * @param  \Closure  $next
-     * @param  string|null  $guard
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
+     * @param  \Closure                 $next
+     * @param  string|null              $guard
+     *
      * @return mixed
      */
     public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
     {
-        if (!Auth::check($guard)) {
+        if (!Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
             if ($request->ajax()) {
                 return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
             }
 
-            return redirect()->guest('login');
+            return redirect()->route('login');
         }
 
         return $next($request);

app/Http/Middleware/RedirectIfAuthenticated.php

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class RedirectIfAuthenticated
     public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
     {
         if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
-            return redirect('/');
+            return redirect()->route('admin.dashboard');
         }
 
         return $next($request);

app/Http/Requests/LoginRequest.php

@@ -4,16 +4,6 @@ namespace App\Http\Requests;
 
 class LoginRequest extends Request
 {
-    /**
-     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function authorize()
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
      *

app/Http/routes.php

@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@
 /**
  * This routing groups is used for routing along public part of website
  */
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+
 Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
 
     // display login form
-    Route::get('login', 'Admin\Login@getLoginForm')
+    Route::get('login', function () {
+        return view('admin.loginForm.form');
+    })
          ->name('loginForm');
 
     // handle login
-    Route::post('admin/login', 'Admin\Login@postLogin')
+    Route::post('login', 'Admin\Login@postLogin')
          ->name('login');
 });
 
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
  * This route group serves to handle request in admin
  */
 Route::group([
-                 'middleware' => ['auth'],
+                 'middleware' => ['web', 'auth'],
                  'namespace'  => 'Admin',
                  'prefix'     => 'admin'
              ], function () {