Is the password in your database hashed? What is the size of the password field, it needs to be 60+ characters in size, if it's smaller you'll need to increase it and re-hash the password(s).

The password has a length of 64 characters

I think the Auth::attempt() method is not working because you are not passing an array.

Try something like

if (Auth::attempt(array('email' => Input::('email'), 'password' => Input::('password')))){
  return Auth::user();
}

More info here

Try like this,

$credentials = $this->getLoginCredentials();

if (Auth::attempt($credentials)) { return Auth::user(); }

protected function getLoginCredentials() { return [ "username" => Input::get("username"), "password" => Input::get("password") ]; }

thanks for the replies gentlemen ill try out both solutions right now.

kumarramalingam, is all the code you posted suppose to be stored within the public function method i have in my controller?

masterakado said:

I think the Auth::attempt() method is not working because you are not passing an array.

Try something like

if (Auth::attempt(array('email' => Input::('email'), 'password' => Input::('password')))){
 return Auth::user();
}

More info here

Im getting a syntax error saying there is an unexpected ')' i honestly cant find where it is ha....

afoster009 said:

masterakado said:

I think the Auth::attempt() method is not working because you are not passing an array.

Try something like

if (Auth::attempt(array('email' => Input::('email'), 'password' => Input::('password')))){
 return Auth::user();
}

More info here

Im getting a syntax error saying there is an unexpected ')' i honestly cant find where it is ha....

Sorry my mistake just forgot the bracket after the password input try this

if (Auth::attempt(array('email' => Input::('email'), 'password' => Input::('password')))){
 return Auth::user();
}