BARNZ · January 15, 2017 04:18
diff --git a/FixMicrosoftLinks.php b/FixMicrosoftLinks.php
 <?php

 namespace App\Http\Middleware;

 use Closure;

 /**
 * This middleware allows us to correctly hotlink to pages from within MS apps.
 *
 * It fixes the issue where clicking a link to a page from within MS app (excel/word etc) fails due to the MS app
 * not sending the correct cookies (resulting in a http 3xx) when it checks if the link is valid.
 *
 * @see http://stackoverflow.com/q/2653626
 * @see https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/899927
 *
 */
 class FixMicrosoftLinks
 {
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        // Only for requests that come from an MS office product.
        if (!preg_match('/Word|Excel|PowerPoint|ms-office/i', $request->header('User-Agent'))) {
            return $next($request);
        }

        return response("<html><head><meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0'/></head><body></body></html>", 200);
    }
 }
	<?php

	namespace App\Http\Middleware;

	use Closure;

	/**
	* This middleware allows us to correctly hotlink to pages from within MS apps.
	*
	* It fixes the issue where clicking a link to a page from within MS app (excel/word etc) fails due to the MS app
	* not sending the correct cookies (resulting in a http 3xx) when it checks if the link is valid.
	*
	* @see http://stackoverflow.com/q/2653626
	* @see https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/899927
	*
	*/
	class FixMicrosoftLinks
	{
	public function handle($request, Closure $next)
	{
	// Only for requests that come from an MS office product.
	if (!preg_match('/Word\|Excel\|PowerPoint\|ms-office/i', $request->header('User-Agent'))) {
	return $next($request);
	}

	return response("<html><head><meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0'/></head><body></body></html>", 200);
	}
	}