Controller middleware in Laravel - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to apply middleware to a controller method.

Laravel

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('[1]');
}

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Aauth

Broute

Cview

Dcache

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using middleware names that do not exist like 'route' or 'view'.

Forgetting to put the middleware name as a string.

The auth middleware is commonly used to restrict access to authenticated users in Laravel controllers.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to apply middleware only to the 'show' method.

Laravel

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('auth')->only('[1]');
}

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Ashow

Bindex

Cedit

Dcreate

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing methods like 'index' or 'create' which are for listing or creating resources.

Not using quotes around the method name.

The only method limits middleware to specified controller methods. Here, it applies only to the 'show' method.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in applying middleware to exclude the 'index' method.

Laravel

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('auth')->except('[1]');
}

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Aedit

Bindex

Cshow

Ddestroy

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Excluding the wrong method like 'show' or 'edit'.

Not using quotes around the method name.

The except method excludes the specified method from middleware. To exclude the 'index' method, use 'index'.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to apply 'auth' middleware only to 'edit' and 'update' methods.

Laravel

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('[1]')->only('[2]', 'update');
}

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Aauth

Bguest

Cedit

Dshow

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'guest' middleware which is for unauthenticated users.

Using wrong method names like 'show' instead of 'edit'.

The 'auth' middleware restricts access to authenticated users. Using only('edit', 'update') applies it to those methods.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to apply 'throttle' middleware with limit '60,1' except for 'index' and 'show' methods.

Laravel

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('[1]:[2]')->except('[3]', 'show');
}

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Athrottle

B60,1

Cindex

Dguest

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'auth' or 'guest' instead of 'throttle' for rate limiting.

Incorrect method names in except list.

The 'throttle' middleware limits request rate. Here, '60,1' means 60 requests per minute. The except excludes 'index' and 'show' methods.