/**
* Checks for user cookie and is not present creates one.
*
* @return (void)
*/
public function __construct()
{
if (\Session::has('user_cookie')) {
$this->user = User::where('cookie', \Session::get('user_cookie'))->first();
if (!is_null($this->user)) {
$this->loggedIn = true;
}
} else {
\Session::put('user_cookie', md5(uniqid(rand(), true)));
}
return $this->user;
}
