How to Create Custom Middleware In Laravel 11

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In this tutorial we will see how to create a custom middleware in the laravel 11 version which has different folder section than the previous laravel versions. Middlewares play a vital role in the laravel projects by filtering any incoming requests and perform certain actions like authentication, verifycsrftoken, encryption etc which elevates the security of the laravel application. In latest laravel version 11 the middleware sections are completely removed any the file in which we will register our middleware are also removed. Since the middlewares are important for the laravel application we need to know how to create a middleware in the laravel 11 version in order to provide the quality web applications. In previous laravel versions there were 10 default middlewares, but in the latest laravel 11 version the middleware sections are completely removed. Since we can able to create the middleware using the artisan command and use it in our laravel project. In previous versions of the laravel we need to register the middlewares in the app/Http/Kernel.php file but in latest laravel 11 version these file is also removed, So we need to register our middleware in the bootstrap/app.php file in laravel 11 version.

The latest version of laravel is laravel 11 which was released recently, lets install the laravel 11 project in the name of "laravel_latest_11" using the following artisan command

laravel new laravel_latest_11

In Laravel 11 the default middleware section were removed but we can create the middleware using the artisan command like any other laravel versions .detailed explanation about creating middleware using artisan command so lets create the middleware.

php artisan make:middleware LogRequests


app/Http/Middleware/LogRequests.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
  
use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
  
class LogRequests
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response)  $next
     */
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
    {
        // Log the incoming request
        info('Incoming request: ' . $request->fullUrl());
  
        // Continue to the next middleware or controller
        return $next($request);
    }
}

In previous versions of the laravel we need to register the created middleware in the app/Http/Kernel.php file. But this file has been removed in the latest laravel 11 version, So we need to register our middleware in the bootstrap/app.php file.



bootstrap/app.php

<?php
   
use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Exceptions;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware;
   
return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
    ->withRouting(
        web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
        commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
        health: '/up',
    )
    ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
        $middleware->alias([
            'logRequests' => \App\Http\Middleware\LogRequests::class,
        ]);
    })
    ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
        //
    })->create();

Lets use the middleware in the routes. It is same as that in the previous versions of the laravel.
Route::middleware([''])->group(function () {}


routes/web.php

<?php
  
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
  
Route::middleware(['logRequests'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/example', function () {
        return 'Example route';
    });
      
    Route::get('/example-2', function () {
        return 'Example route 2';
    });
});

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