Laravel 7/6 Auth Login with Username or Email Tutorial

Step 1: Install Laravel 6

first of all we need to get fresh Laravel 6 version application using bellow command, So open your terminal OR command prompt and run bellow command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

Step 2: Install Laravel UI

You have to follow few step to make auth in your laravel 6 application.

First you need to install laravel/ui package as like bellow:

composer require laravel/ui

Step 3: Generate Auth Scaffold

Here, we need to generate auth scaffolding in laravel 6 using laravel ui command. so, let’s generate it by bellow command:

php artisan ui bootstrap --auth

Now you need to run npm command, otherwise you can not see better layout of login and register page.

Install NPM:

npm install

Run NPM:

npm run dev

Step 4: Add Username Column

Now add new column username to your users table, so you can simply update your migration as like bellow.

migration

<?php
use IlluminateDatabaseMigrationsMigration;
use IlluminateDatabaseSchemaBlueprint;
use IlluminateSupportFacadesSchema;
class CreateUsersTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->bigIncrements('id');
            $table->string('name');
            $table->string('email');
            $table->string('username')->nullable();
            $table->timestamp('email_verified_at')->nullable();
            $table->boolean('is_admin')->nullable();
            $table->string('password');
            $table->rememberToken();
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::dropIfExists('users');
    }
}

Now you can run migration

php artisan migrate

Step 5: Update Login View

Laravel has created default login blade file. we need to add comman username field on it and remove email field. so let’s update like as bellow:

resources/views/auth/login.blade.php

....
<div >
    <label for="username" >Username Or Email</label>
    <div >
        <input id="username" type="username"  name="username" value="{{ old('username') }}" required  autofocus>
        @error('username')
            <span  role="alert">
                <strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
            </span>
        @enderror
    </div>
</div>
....

Step 6: Overwrite Login method

Now we have to overwrite login with on LoginController file. so let’s add logincontroller like as bellow:

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php

<?php
namespace AppHttpControllersAuth;
use AppHttpControllersController;
use IlluminateFoundationAuthAuthenticatesUsers;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;
class LoginController extends Controller
{
    use AuthenticatesUsers;
    protected $redirectTo = '/home';
    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('guest')->except('logout');
    }
    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function login(Request $request)
    {   
        $input = $request->all();
        $this->validate($request, [
            'username' => 'required',
            'password' => 'required',
        ]);
        $fieldType = filter_var($request->username, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) ? 'email' : 'username';
        if(auth()->attempt(array($fieldType => $input['username'], 'password' => $input['password'])))
        {
            return redirect()->route('home');
        }else{
            return redirect()->route('login')
                ->with('error','Email-Address And Password Are Wrong.');
        }
    }
}

You can add some dummy records on your users table.

Now you can run your project.

You will get layout of login page like as bellow:

I hope it can help you…