CurrentUser

Description: Injects the currently authenticated user model instance, resolved via the auth user resolver.

Namespace: Illuminate\Container\Attributes\CurrentUser

Added in: Laravel 11.20

Usage

use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\CurrentUser;
use App\Models\User;

// Before:
$user = Auth::user();

use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\CurrentUser;
use App\Models\User;

// After:
class OrderService
{
    public function __construct(
        #[CurrentUser] private readonly ?User $user
    ) {}

    public function placeOrder(array $data): Order
    {
        return $this->user?->orders()->create($data);
    }
}

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[!NOTE] The #[CurrentUser] currently just alias of #[Authenticated].