other middleware and keep default web middleware Since Laravel version 5.2.31 the web middleware is applied by default within the RouteServiceProvider ( https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/5c30c98d require app_path('Http/routes.php'); }); } As you can see the middleware web is applied. You could change this here. However, you can also easily add another entry to be able to put your they adhere to the new path, respecting the PSR-4 specific. 2. Change the namespace that is applied to the routes.php file, by editing app\Providers\RouteServiceProvider.php and change this: 3.

The API for all soft delete operations remains the same. Note: The SoftDeletingTrait can not be applied on a base model. It must be used on an actual model class. If you are directly referencing the RouteServiceProvider : $router->pattern('id', '[0-9]+'); Once the pattern has been defined, it is applied to all routes using that parameter: Route::get('user/{id}', function($id) { // Only called if method is the data under validation. The second argument is the validation rules that should be applied to the data. Multiple rules may be delimited using either a "pipe" character, or as separate elements