private function validateUser()
{
// check to see if this is a valid user account
$user = new User();
if (!$user->checkLogin()) {
$isActive = $user->isActive();
$user->logout();
if ($user->isError()) {
switch ($user->getError()) {
case USER_SESSION_EXPIRED:
return Redirect::to('/login', 'session_invalidated')->send();
}
} elseif (!$isActive) {
return Redirect::to('/login', 'account_deactivated')->send();
} else {
$v = new View('/frontend/user_error');
$v->setViewTheme('concrete');
$contents = $v->render();
return $this->app->make(ResponseFactoryInterface::class)->forbidden($contents);
}
}
}
public function checkLogin()
{
return parent::checkLogin();
}
