How to Get Logged in User Data in Laravel

Sometimes we need to fetch logged in user data in laravel to update the profile or show user information on the profile page. In this tutorial, we are going to show how to get logged in user data in laravel.

You will know how to get login user in laravel from this tutorial. We have to ways to get logged in users data in laravel. Using Auth facades or auth() helper, we can get the login user information.

Now see the example code:

app/Http/Controllers/TestController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class TestController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {   
        $user = Auth::user();

        return $user;

        // or

        $user = auth()->user();
        
        return $user;
    }
}

Conclusion

Now we know how to get logged in user in laravel. Hope this example tutorial will help you to get login user in laravel.