Laravel Custom Table Login with Custom Validation Rules with Custom Message

4 min readAug 28, 2022

Loin Table: students

2. Login Blade with code:

<form action="{{ route('student.student_login') }}" method="POST" class="needs-validation" novalidate>
    @csrf
    <div class="mb-3">
        <label for="username" class="form-label">Email</label>
        <input name="email" type="text" class="form-control" id="username"
               placeholder="Enter username">
        @error('email') <span class="text-danger"><i class="entypo-info-circled"></i>  {{ $message }}</span> @enderror
    </div>

    <div class="mb-3">
        <div class="float-end">
            <a href="{{route('student.password-reset-email')}}" class="text-muted">Forgot password?</a>
        </div>
        <label class="form-label">Password</label>
        <div class="input-group auth-pass-inputgroup">
            <input id="password-input" name="password" type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Enter password" aria-label="Password" aria-describedby="password-addon">
            <button onclick="showPassword()" class="btn btn-light " type="button" id="password-addon"><i class="mdi mdi-eye-outline"></i></button>
        </div>
        @error('password') <span class="text-danger"><i class="entypo-info-circled"></i>  {{ $message }}</span> @enderror
    </div>

    <div class="form-check">
        <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" id="remember-check">
        <label class="form-check-label" for="remember-check">
            Remember me
        </label>
    </div>

    <div class="mt-3 d-grid">
        <button class="btn btn-primary waves-effect waves-light"
                type="submit">Log In</button>
    </div>

</form>

3. Config : auth.php

Add new guards and providers like this for student

4. Controller: StudentLogInController

Set guard() and return student auth login blade for frontend.

Full login system that return clean login with custom validation rules

Full Controller code bellow:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Student\Auth;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Http\Requests\Student\StudentLoginRequest;
use App\Model\Student;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\StatefulGuard;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;

class StudentLoginController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Student guard check
     * @return Guard|StatefulGuard
     */
    protected function guard()
    {
        return Auth::guard('student');
    }

    /**
     * Return login view pages
     * @return View
     */
    public function loginView()
    {
        return view('student.auth.login');
    }

    /**
     * Student login with custom validation
     * @param StudentLoginRequest $request
     * @return RedirectResponse
     * @throws ValidationException
     */
    public function studentLogin(StudentLoginRequest $request)
    {
        /**
         * General email validation with exists check
         */
        $this->validate($request, [
            'email' => 'required|email|exists:students,email',
            'password' => 'required',
        ]);

        /**
         * Custom validation rules, message return and validate
         */
        $rules = [
            'email' => [
                Rule::exists('students', 'email')->where(function ($query) {
                    return $query->where('status', '!=', 'un_verified')->where('email_verified_at', '!=', '');
                }),
            ],
        ];
        $messages = ['email.exists' => 'Your account is not activated yet. Please verify email or contact with authority.'];
        $email = Validator::make($request->all(), $rules, $messages);
        if ($email->fails()) {
            return redirect()->route('student.student_login')->withErrors($email)->withInput();
        }

        /**
         * Login attempt
         */
        $student = Student::where('email', $request['email'])->first();
        if($this->guard()->attempt(array('email' => $request['email'], 'password' => $request['password']))) {
            $student->update([
                'last_login' => now()->format('F j, Y, g:i a'),
            ]);
            return redirect()->route('student.dashboard');
        }else {
            return redirect()->route('student.student_login')->withErrors(array('password' => 'Invalid password, please try again later.'))->withInput();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Logout function for student.
     * @param Request $request
     * @return RedirectResponse
     */
    public function logout(Request $request)
    {
        Auth::guard('student')->logout();

        $request->session()->invalidate();

        return redirect()->route('student.student_login');
    }
}

Just paste to your code and test by yourself.

Additional Instruction

Set a middleware for student table users.

In App\Http\Karnel

App\Http\Middleware\StudentAuth with code

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;

class StudentAuth
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param Request $request
     * @param  \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Illuminate\Http\Response|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse)  $next
     * @return RedirectResponse
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if (!Auth::guard('student')->check()) {
            return redirect('/student/login');
        }
        return $next($request);
    }
}