Laravel 4 base controller authentication

laravel base controller authentication

class BaseController extends Controller {

     public function __construct()
    {
    	// controllers in the array have to be authenticated before they can be viewed
       	if(in_array( Request::segment(1), array('job','journal','user')) )
       	{
       		echo 'This page needs to be authenticated';
	       	echo '<p>';

	        $this->beforeFilter('auth');
       	}
     


        $this->beforeFilter('csrf', array('on' => 'post'));

        $this->afterFilter('log', array('only' =>
                            array('fooAction', 'barAction')));
    }
}