The "Middleware" must first process the request.

[develgold]

• Laravel Version: 9.5.1
• PHP Version: 8.1
• Database Driver & Version: Postgresql 13

Steps To Reproduce:

api.php

Route::middleware('testing')->get('/user/{user}', function (\App\Models\User $user) {
    logger()->info('User: ' . $user->name);
    return $user;
});

TestingMiddleware

public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
{
    logger()->info('Testing middleware');
    return $next($request);
}

User

protected static function boot()
{
    self::retrieved(function ($model) {
        logger()->info('Retrieved model: ' . get_class($model));
    });
    parent::boot();
}

Log

local.INFO: Retrieved model: App\Models\User  
local.INFO: Testing middleware  
local.INFO: User: John

[gguney]

Maybe user boot is checking the guest or some kind of auth? Or maybe since you are giving User model as $user to your route that is first booting it then setting user to John. Can you try this with another model like /posts/{post} etc.

[develgold]

Maybe user boot is checking the guest or some kind of auth? Or maybe since you are giving User model as $user to your route that is first booting it then setting user to John. Can you try this with another model like /posts/{post} etc.

Same problem

api.php

Route::middleware('testing')->get('/posts/{post}', function (\App\Models\Post $post) {
    logger()->info('Post title: ' . $post->title);
    return $post;
});

Post

class Post extends Model
{
    protected static function boot()
    {
        self::retrieved(function ($model) {
            logger()->info('Retrieved model: ' . get_class($model));
        });
        parent::boot();
    }
}

Log

local.INFO: Retrieved model: App\Models\Post  
local.INFO: Testing middleware  
local.INFO: Post title: Testing Post  

[gguney]

No, I mean just change the route. Anyway I misunderstood.

It is booting before your model of course because how else it should be? It will boot it then bind your data.

here you can read more about it. If you do not want to bind it before your route just use simple URL with id.