misc_pterodactyl-panel/app/Http/Requests/Admin/AdminFormRequest.php

<?php
/*
 * Pterodactyl - Panel
 * Copyright (c) 2015 - 2017 Dane Everitt <dane@daneeveritt.com>.
 *
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 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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 * SOFTWARE.
 */

namespace Pterodactyl\Http\Requests\Admin;

use Pterodactyl\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;

abstract class AdminFormRequest extends FormRequest
{
    /**
     * Determine if the user is an admin and has permission to access this
     * form controller in the first place.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function authorize()
    {
        if (! $this->user() instanceof User) {
            return false;
        }

        return $this->user()->isRootAdmin();
    }

    /**
     * Return only the fields that we are interested in from the request.
     * This will include empty fields as a null value.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function normalize()
    {
        return $this->only(
            array_keys($this->rules())
        );
    }
}