blessing-skin-server/app/Http/Middleware/CheckPlayerExistMiddleware.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use App\Models\Player;
use App\Events\CheckPlayerExists;
use Event;

class CheckPlayerExistMiddleware
{
    public function handle($request, \Closure $next)
    {
        if (stripos($request->getUri(), '.json') != false) {
            preg_match('/\/([^\/]*)\.json/', $request->getUri(), $matches);
        } else {
            preg_match('/\/([^\/]*)\.png/', $request->getUri(), $matches);
        }

        $player_name = urldecode($matches[1]);

        Event::fire(new CheckPlayerExists($player_name));

        if (Player::where('player_name', $player_name)->get()->isEmpty()) {
            if (option('return_200_when_notfound') == "1") {
                return json([
                    'player_name' => $player_name,
                    'errno'       => 404,
                    'msg'         => 'Player Not Found.'
                ])->header('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age='.option('cache_expire_time'));
            } else {
                abort(404, trans('general.unexistent-player'));
            }
        }

        return $next($request);

    }
}