Laravel – Authentication
Authentication is the process of identifying the user credentials. In web applications, authentication is managed by sessions which take the input parameters such as email or username and password, for user identification. If these parameters match, the user is said to be authenticated.
This chapter explains you the authentication process in Laravel web applications.
Command
Laravel uses the following command to create forms and the associated controllers to perform authentication −
This command helps in creating authentication scaffolding successfully, as shown in the following screenshot −
Controller
The controller which is used for the authentication process is HomeController.
As a result, the scaffold application generated creates the login page and the registration page for performing authentication. They are as shown below −
Login
Registration
Manually Authenticating Users
Laravel uses the Auth façade which helps in manually authenticating the users. It includes the attempt method to verify their email and password.
Consider the following lines of code for LoginController which includes all the functions for authentication −
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<?php
// Authentication mechanism
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
class LoginController extends Controller{
/**
* Handling authentication request
*
* @return Response
*/
public function authenticate() {
if (Auth::attempt(['email' => $email, 'password' => $password])) {
// Authentication passed...
return redirect()->intended('dashboard');
}
}
}
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