Laravel 5.1.11 introduces ACL system

First announcement of today: a beautiful way to organize your ACL logic in Laravel. Available immediately! http://t.co/kKDOVWiWRO ?

— Laravel (@laravelphp) August 31, 2015

if (Gate::forUser($user)->allows('update-post', $post)) {
    //
}

if ($request->user()->can('update-post', $post)) {
  // ... Update post
}

@can('update-post', $post)
    Edit Post
@endcan

return Gate::allows('update', Post::findOrFail($postId));

php artisan make:policy PostPolicy

class PostPolicy
{
    public function update(User $user, Post $post)
    {
        return $user->id === $post->user_id;
    }
}