This example overrides a model with your custom implementation. App::bind(‘Vendor\Package\Model’, function(){ return new MyNamespace\MyModel; }); Example 2: App::bind(‘Vendor\Package\Model’, function(){ return App::make(‘MyNamespace\MyModel’); });
Behind the scenes, the Auth facade is bound to Illuminate\Auth\AuthManager. Means, you need to resolve the AuthManager. This example resolve the currently logged in user from the IoC container: use Illuminate\Auth\AuthManager; class MyController extends \BaseController { protected $user; public function __construct(AuthManager $auth) { $this->user = $auth->user(); } } Link to reference: http://laravel.com/api/4.2/Illuminate/Auth/AuthManager.html