0054-laravel-middleware-patterns

What problem does it solve?

Laravel apps can become inconsistent or insecure when middleware is registered, ordered, parameterized, or scoped incorrectly, leading to bugs, duplicated logic, and difficult-to-debug request/response behavior.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Before/After vs Terminable patterns: Use request-stage logic, response-header mutation, and post-response cleanup/logging with the correct middleware lifecycle.
• Robust registration approaches: Configure global middleware, aliases, group bindings, and explicit priority ordering to guarantee execution order.
• Practical routing/controller control: Apply middleware parameters, combine middleware via groups, and exclude middleware at the route or controller level using standard Laravel constructs.
• Common real-world middleware examples: Rate limiting, locale selection, tenant scoping cleanup, CORS handling, and cache-response patterns for performance.

Quick Start

Use the 0054-laravel-middleware-patterns skill to design and register middleware that correctly enforces subscriptions and roles with parameterized route usage and safe execution order in bootstrap/app.php.