i've the same problem....any suggest?

I have the same problem, I dig down to Symphony2 packages and the header is taking correctly and cut for user: and password (witch they correct) Any idea ??

Though not solved yet, think I got closer to defining the problem;

It seems the necessary PHP_AUTH_USER and PHP_AUTH_PW parameters are not included in the $_SERVER data.

Apparently this has to do with how the .htaccess file is set up.

My htaccess file now looks like this:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^{weef}.{dev} [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http:/api.{api.weef}.{dev}/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !public/
RewriteRule (.*) /public/$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.+)$
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

This is not the default setup, as some other issues were successfully solved with this. The last 2 lines are from the Laravel documentation, as a solution to make auth.basic working on servers running FastCGI. I'm no knight in the order of .htaccess, so I have no idea what could be wrong with this code. For basic auth, it doesn't work for me. It is also unclear whether these 2 lines need to be added to the .htaccess in the main folder, or the .htaccess in the /public folder. Tried both, neither works.

AUTH_USER and AUTH_PW are still unavailable in $_SERVER. Probably still causing Laravel's auth.basic route filter to fail.

I'll keep this thread posted if a solution is found

Related post, also without a solution

This post inspired me to dig deep into my server to see if CGI was to blame.

Not sure if I have your exact problem, but I did find a workaround for my HTTP Basic Auth not working. Perhaps it can help you guys?

http://laravel.io/forum/05-10-2014-http-basic-auth-always-fail...

The process mentioned in the following link helped me (should help you guys too) - http://codetheory.in/fixing-laravel-basic-auth-failure/

Thanks @rishabhp