Laravel 10: Difficulty with setting up custom authentication guards for multiple user types
I'm a bit lost with Could someone explain I'm collaborating on a project where I'm currently working on a Laravel 10 application where I need to implement custom authentication guards for different user types (e.g., Admin, User)... I've followed the official documentation, but I'm running into issues with the login flow. Specifically, when I try to log in as an Admin, it seems to authenticate correctly, but when I check the session, it's not differentiating between Admin and User sessions properly. Here's a snippet of my `config/auth.php` where I've defined the guards: ```php 'guards' => [ 'admin' => [ 'driver' => 'session', 'provider' => 'admins', ], 'user' => [ 'driver' => 'session', 'provider' => 'users', ], ], 'providers' => [ 'admins' => [ 'driver' => 'eloquent', 'model' => App\Models\Admin::class, ], 'users' => [ 'driver' => 'eloquent', 'model' => App\Models\User::class, ], ], ``` In my `LoginController.php`, I have a `login` method that looks something like this: ```php public function login(Request $request) { $credentials = $request->only('email', 'password'); $guard = $request->input('guard'); // Could be 'admin' or 'user' if (Auth::guard($guard)->attempt($credentials)) { return redirect()->intended('/dashboard'); } return back()->withErrors([ 'email' => 'The provided credentials do not match our records.', ]); } ``` However, when I log in as an Admin, I find that `Auth::user()` still returns an instance of the User model, and I'm not able to access Admin-specific routes properly. I tried explicitly setting the guard in the `Auth::user()` method but it still doesn't seem to work. I've checked the session storage, and it appears the session data is not being correctly segmented by guard, leading me to believe there's an issue with how the session is being managed across different guards. What could I be missing here? I've also cleared the cache and config cache using `php artisan cache:clear` and `php artisan config:cache` but the issue persists. Any insights would be greatly appreciated! Is there a better approach? Any suggestions would be helpful. I'm coming from a different tech stack and learning Php. Any ideas what could be causing this?