How to properly route model explicit binding on route/controller level

[ajcastro]

What is the proper way of route model explicit binding on route/controller level?

I managed to make it work but can anyone confirm this approach? Thanks!

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

class UserController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        Route::bind('user', function ($id) {
            return User::customQuery()->findOrFail($id);
        });
    }
}

[ajcastro]

Working Solution:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;

class RouteModelBindings
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        $controller = $request->route()->controller;

        $controller->applyRouteBindings($request);

        return $next($request);
    }
}

class EventController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware(\App\Http\Middleware\RouteModelBindings::class);
    }

    public function applyRouteBindings(Request $request)
    {
        if ($request->route()->getName() === 'events.show') {
            Route::bind('event', function ($id) use ($request) {
                return $this->baseQuery($request)->findOrFail($id);
            });
        }
    }
    // controller methods below ...
}

Make sure you put it before the SubstituteBindings middleware.

protected $middlewarePriority = [
        \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
        \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
        \App\Http\Middleware\ApiResponseMiddleware::class,
        \App\Http\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
        \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\AuthenticateSession::class,
        \App\Http\Middleware\RouteModelBindings::class,
        \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
        \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authorize::class,
    ];