Token Mismatch Exception on Login (Laravel)

Question

I followed this tutorial on creating a registration and login page using Laravel.

Everything works smoothly, the only issue is that I am unable to Login. If I provid

Answer 1

I added the following code to app\Exceptions\Handler.php to help clarify the error for the end-user, in addition to setting session to expire on close, as mentioned in this thread.

    protected function prepareException(Exception $exception)
    {
        if ($exception instanceof TokenMismatchException) {
            return new HttpException(
                419,
                "{$exception->getMessage()}. Please clear your browser cookies and try again.",
                $exception
            );
        }

        return parent::prepareException($exception);
    }