Middleware Basics

In today’s video, we’re digging into one of the most important — and most misunderstood — parts of the Laravel request lifecycle: middleware.

If you’ve ever wondered how Laravel transforms an incoming HTTP request into a response… or how authentication, sessions, CSRF protection, and even custom logic happen automatically — this video is for you.

⭐ What You’ll Learn
In this lesson, we break down the core concepts behind Laravel middleware, including:
- How middleware modifies request and response data
- How it can short-circuit the request lifecycle
- Where middleware fits inside Laravel’s 5-step request lifecycle
- How route files are registered inside bootstrap/app.php
- How to attach middleware to individual routes, route groups, or out-of-the-box groups like web and api
- How to explore your middleware stack using: php artisan route:list -v

We also walk through real examples showing how middleware groups (like auth, verified, and password.confirm) cascade to define route behavior.


🔗 Resources
• Request Lifecycle — https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/lifecycle
• Routing — https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/routing

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