Sharing backend login with frontend

[ghost]

Hi, me again!

Is there a way to share backend login information with frontend modules? e.g. If I log in to the admin area, is there a way to retrieve that information in the frontend?

Cheers!
Aaron

[pboivin]

Hi @aarontilt, I guess this will depend on your frontend configuration but if you're using standard Blade views on your frontend, you can access the current Twill user like this:

$user = Auth::guard('twill_users')->user();

You shoud get null if the current user is not logged in.

[ghost]

Just given that a go, but no dice. My backend is "admin.localhost" at the moment, and my frontend is just "localhost", if that helps (maybe to do with session)?

[ghost]

Ah, never mind. Figured it out. I've changed the .env file to include:

ADMIN_APP_URL=http://localhost
ADMIN_APP_PATH=admin

and that seems to have sorted it

[pboivin]

Makes sense, the 2 domains would each have their own PHP session. I think you can share the session cookie between admin.localhost and localhost with this .env setting :

SESSION_DOMAIN=.localhost