shouldPrerender($request)) { define('SHOULD_PRERENDER', true); // Always fallback to client routes if not prerendering // otherwise prerender routes will override client side routing } elseif ($routeName !== 'homepage') { return app(HomeController::class)->show(); } return $next($request); } protected function shouldPrerender(Request $request): bool { $userAgent = strtolower($request->server->get('HTTP_USER_AGENT')); $bufferAgent = $request->server->get('X-BUFFERBOT'); $shouldPrerender = false; if (!$userAgent) { return false; } if (!$request->isMethod('GET')) { return false; } // prerender if _escaped_fragment_ is in the query string if ($request->query->has('_escaped_fragment_')) { $shouldPrerender = true; } // prerender if a crawler is detected foreach ($this->crawlerUserAgents as $crawlerUserAgent) { if (Str::contains($userAgent, strtolower($crawlerUserAgent))) { $shouldPrerender = true; } } if ($bufferAgent) { $shouldPrerender = true; } return $shouldPrerender; } }