Laravel Middleware - Apply middleware to specific controller methods (two ways!)

controller.php

<?php

public function __construct() 
{
    // Apply middleware to only certain routes
    $this->middleware('auth', ['only' => ['create', 'store', 'edit', 'delete']]);
    // Or apply middleware to all routes except these
    $this->middleware('auth', ['except' => ['index', 'show']]);
}