Updating own password error

[dazza76]

when updating own password via /user
it submits to /user/1/update gives ErrorException - Trying to get property of non-object

User object does not appear to exist at this point ,

Editing users through admin works

[mikeloether]

I was running into the same issue. Looks like the $user variable is being used as a model even though it is just the user ID being passed by the route. The following snippet instantiates a user object and that is used for the rest of the logic.

    public function update($user)
    {
        // Create User Object based on user ID passed via route
        $user = User::find($user);

        if ($user->id != Auth::user()->id) {
            return Redirect::to('/')
                ->with( 'error', 'access forbidden' );
        }