Have you tried to

dd($userdata);

?

yeah. I've tried

dd($userdata)

and it is returning correct info.

can you try to add this to your model ?

protected $primaryKey = 'email';

also you could try it this way

$credentials = Input::only('username', 'password');

return var_dump($credentials);

if(Auth::attempt($credentials))
{
            return 'Logged In.';
}

return Redirect::back()->withInput();

If i try the first line

$credentials = Input::only('username', 'password');

the message i get is

array(2) { ["username"]=> string(7) "dukejib" ["password"]=> string(9) "myownpass" } 

After removing this line (so that i can go to auth::attemp) i get back to login page.

have you tried to add this

protected $primaryKey = 'email';

Yes. I tried with $primarykey too. By the way, my primary key isn't email.