Discussion on: Multiple role-based authentication in Laravel

[Ravi K. Ameriya]

created role middleware but getting an error

error: Attempt to read property "role" on null

middleware function below as :
public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
{
if (!Auth::check()) {

        return redirect()->route('login');
    }

    if (Auth::check() && Auth::user()->role == 1) {

        return $next($request);
        //return redirect()->route('dashboardShow');
    }

    if (Auth::check() && Auth::user()->role == 2) {


        return $next($request);
        //dd('user');
    }

    abort(404);  // for other user throw 404 error

}