middleware.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Cartalyst\Sentinel\Laravel\Facades\Sentinel;
use Closure;

class checkChangePasswordMiddleware
{

    /**
    * The URIs that should be excluded from CSRF verification.
    *
    * @var array
    */
    protected $except = [
        'profile'
    ];
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if($this->inExceptArray($request)){
            return $next;
        }
        
        $user = Sentinel::getUser();
//        if($user)
//        {
            if($user->change_password == 0)
            {
                return redirect()->route('user.profile');
            }
            else
            {
                return $next($request);
            }
//        }
//        else
//        {
//            return $next($request);
//        }

    }
    /**
     * Determine if the request has a URI that should pass through CSRF verification.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @return bool
     */
    protected function inExceptArray($request)
    {
        foreach ($this->except as $except) {
            if ($except !== '/') {
                $except = trim($except, '/');
            }
            if ($request->is($except)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
}