Laravel Policies

Learn how to write a Laravel Policy to control what your users can and cannot do. In this tutorial, you will learn:

1. What a Laravel Policy is
2. 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

1. From the terminal, type in:
   php artisan make:policy PostPolicy --model=Post

2. Go to: app/provider/authserviceprovider.php and add the lines:

   use App\Post; 
   use App\Policies\PostPolicy;
   protected $policies = [
           Post::class => PostPolicy::class,
       ];

3. From within your App\Policies\PostPolicy.php file, add the lines:
   public function update(User $user, Post $post)
{
return $user->id === $post->user_id;
}