Laravel Policies
Learn how to write a Laravel Policy to control what your users can and cannot do. In this tutorial, you will learn:
- What a Laravel Policy is
- How to create a Laravel Policy
What is a Laravel Policy?
A Laravel Policy is used when you would like to place authorization logic around a specific model or resource.
How to Create a Laravel Policy
- From the terminal, type in:
php artisan make:policy PostPolicy --model=Post
- Go to: app/provider/authserviceprovider.php and add the lines:
use App\Post; use App\Policies\PostPolicy; protected $policies = [ Post::class => PostPolicy::class, ];
- From within your App\Policies\PostPolicy.php file, add the lines:
public function update(User $user, Post $post)
{
return $user->id === $post->user_id;
}