Custom Login Using Laravel

Pre-requisite:

• Install your preferred version of Laravel using the Laravel Documentation.

Steps to Follow:

• Insert first User in database using Database Seeder
• Create a view file for Login
• Create another file where the login will be landing
• Create a file to retrieve the error
• Modify Login Controller
• Controller for login landing page
• Add routes to web.php

Insert first User in database using Database Seeder

We will use database seeder to create out first user. If you don't have idea about database seeder, please consider to visit Database Seeder

• Creating seeder with artisan: php artisan make:seeder UsersTableSeeder
• Open UsersTableSeeder and add the following inside run method :
  • DB::table('users')->insert([
  • 'name' => 'admin',
  • 'email' => 'admin@email.com',
  • 'password' => bcrypt('admin'),
  • ]);
• Add the following inside run method of app/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php
  • $this->call(UsersTableSeeder::class);
• Run the artisan command: php artisan db:seed

Create a view file for Login

• Create resources/views/auth/login.blade.php
• Create a layout file resources/views/layout/layout.blade.php

Create another file where the login will be landing

• Create resources/views/admin/index.blade.php

Modify Login Controller

• Paste the code of LoginController to your app/HTTP/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php

Controller for login landing page

• There is already a default controller named "HomeController". We will use that.

Add routes to web.php

• Paste the code of web.php

Modify Handler.php if redirect don't work

• Need to go to Illuminate\Foundation\Exceptions\Handler.php file and modify the unauthenticated method
  • protected function unauthenticated($request, AuthenticationException $exception)
  • {
  • return $request->expectsJson() ? response()->json(['message' => $exception->getMessage()], 401) : redirect('/');
  • }