WithoutMiddleware

Description: Excludes middleware from a controller class or individual action methods. Can be combined with only and except options.

Namespace: Illuminate\Routing\Attributes\Controllers\WithoutMiddleware

Added in: Laravel 13.20

Usage

use Illuminate\Routing\Attributes\Controllers\WithoutMiddleware;

// Before (controller constructor):
public function __construct()
{
    $this->withoutMiddleware('auth');
}

use Illuminate\Routing\Attributes\Controllers\WithoutMiddleware;

// After:
#[WithoutMiddleware('auth')]
class UserController
{
    public function index() { /* ... */ }
    public function store() { /* ... */ }
}

Applied with only / except restrictions:

#[WithoutMiddleware('auth')]
#[WithoutMiddleware('throttle:60,1', only: ['store'])]
#[WithoutMiddleware('subscribed', except: ['index'])]
class UserController
{
    public function index() { /* ... */ }
    public function store() { /* ... */ }
}

Applied to individual methods:

#[WithoutMiddleware('auth')]
class UserController
{
    #[WithoutMiddleware('verified')]
    public function store() { /* ... */ }

    public function index() { /* ... */ }
}

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