ability to customize admin middleware; fixes #67

Author: tabacitu

src/BaseServiceProvider.php

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public function register()
 
     public function registerAdminMiddleware(Router $router)
     {
-        Route::aliasMiddleware('admin', \Backpack\Base\app\Http\Middleware\Admin::class);
+        Route::aliasMiddleware(config('backpack.base.middleware_key'), config('backpack.base.middleware_class'));
     }
 
     public function publishFiles()

src/app/Http/Controllers/AdminController.php

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class AdminController extends Controller
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->middleware('admin');
+        $this->middleware(backpack_middleware());
     }
 
     /**

src/app/Http/Controllers/Auth/MyAccountController.php

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class MyAccountController extends Controller
 
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->middleware('admin');
+        $this->middleware(backpack_middleware());
     }
 
     /**

src/config/backpack/base.php

@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@
     // Fully qualified namespace of the User model
     'user_model_fqn' => '\App\User',
 
+    // The class for the middleware that checks if the visitor is an admin
+    'middleware_class' => \Backpack\Base\app\Http\Middleware\Admin::class,
+
+    // Alias for that middleware
+    'middleware_key' => 'admin',
+    // Note: It's recommended to use the backpack_middleware() helper everywhere, which pulls this key for you.
+
     // What kind of avatar will you like to show to the user?
     // Default: gravatar (automatically use the gravatar for his email)
     // Other options:

src/helpers.php

@@ -42,3 +42,18 @@ function backpack_avatar_url($user)
         }
     }
 }
+
+if (!function_exists('backpack_middleware')) {
+    /**
+     * Return the key of the middleware used across Backpack.
+     * That middleware checks if the visitor is an admin.
+     *
+     * @param $path
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function backpack_middleware()
+    {
+        return config('backpack.base.middleware_key', 'admin');
+    }
+}