switch built-in authentication from email to username

replied 8 years ago

Solution

Hi, You can override the built-in authorization and registration methods if you create them in your AuthController (App\Http\Controllers\Auth\AuthController.php). You can find them in AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers.php (trait). Example: in your AuthController create custom postLogin method

public function postLogin(Request $request)
{
    //pass through validation rules
    $this->validate($request, ['email' => 'required', 'password' => 'required']);
		
    $credentials = [
        'email' => trim($request->get('username')),
        'password' => trim($request->get('password'))
    ];

    $remember = $request->has('remember');
    
    //log in the user
    if ($this->auth->attempt($credentials, $remember) {
        return redirect()->intended('/');
    }

    //show error if invalid data entered
    return redirect()->back()->withErrors('Login/Pass do not match')->withInput();
}

Last updated 8 years ago.

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port22

replied 8 years ago

Hi! thanks for your response. generally I get the idea but now another error occured:

ReflectionException in RouteDependencyResolverTrait.php line 53: Class App\Http\Controllers\Auth\Request does not exist

I suppose I have to load that via use or adjust the namespace - I tried some back and forth but none worked. Here's the whole file now:

<?php 
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Registrar;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;

class AuthController extends Controller {

	use AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;

	public function __construct(Guard $auth, Registrar $registrar)
	{
		$this->auth = $auth;
		$this->registrar = $registrar;

		$this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout']);
		
	}

	//protected $redirectPath = '/dashboard';

	public function postLogin(Request $request)
	{
		//pass through validation rules
		$this->validate($request, ['username' => 'required', 'password' => 'required']);
	
		$credentials = [
			'username' => trim($request->get('username')),
			'password' => trim($request->get('password'))
		];
	
		$remember = $request->has('remember');
	
		//log in the user
		if ($this->auth->attempt($credentials, $remember)) {
			return redirect()->intended('/');
		}
	
		//show error if invalid data entered
		return redirect()->back()->withErrors('Login/Pass do not match')->withInput();
	}
}

I slightly adjusted it to actually use the username field from my edited login-form:

<input type="username" class="form-control" name="username" value="{{ old('username') }}">

Last updated 8 years ago.

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mkblade

replied 8 years ago

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

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port22

replied 8 years ago

ah! that's it! I owe you a beer ;-)

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