Login only if user is active using Laravel

Question

I\'m currently working on my Laravel app and to prevent spam I decided that only active users are able to login. I\'m currently using Laravel\'s login system just like in La

Answer 1

You don't have to override the whole function. You can just change the Validator in AuthController to achieve that adding "exists:table,column" validation.

Let's assume that you have a users table with email,password and active fields.

'email' => 'exists:users,email,active,1'

Here is the validotor function should look like in AuthController.php

protected function validator(array $data)
{
    return Validator::make($data, [
        'email' => 'required|email|max:255|exists:users,email,active,1',
        'password' => 'required|confirmed'
    ]);
}

or if you are using soft deletes this should work too.

'email' => 'exists:users,email,deleted_at,NULL'

You can also check out the validation rule at this link http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/validation#rule-exists