Category: laravel

In many cases we need to block some particular IP address from accessing our website content or application. We can restrict IP in Laravel through a simple piece of code.

How to block or restrict any IP address from accessing your Laravel application ? lets see. We can create a Middleware to check the blocked IP address and redirect to the page we want.

1. Create a Middleware “RestrictIpMiddleware.php”.
2. Paste the code inside handle function.
3. Register the middleware in kernel function.
4. Add the registered middleware in routes in order to restrict the access.

Creating a Middleware

php artisan make:middleware RestrictIpMiddleware

The Code

Paste the below code in the handle function of the middleware

 $restricted_ip = "Comma seperated IP address which is to be restricted"; 
 $ipsDeny = explode(',',preg_replace('/\s+/', '', $restricted_ip));
 if(count($ipsDeny) >= 1 )
 {
    if(in_array(request()->ip(), $ipsDeny))
    {
        \Log::warning("Unauthorized access, IP address was => ".request()->ip);
         return response()->json(['Unauthorized!'],400);
    }
 }
 return $next($request);