Laravel MustVerifyEmail is not sending e-mail - php

Question

I'm currently working on a project with Laravel 5.7. As I implemented the MustVerifyEmail class in my User model, the application does not send email as expected. The case is:
1) I have followed the Laravel documentation here: https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/verification
2) I used https://mailtrap.io to test the function, but I didn't receive any verification email from the application.
3) I tried to use Auth::routes() instead of Auth::routes(['verify' => true]) and was expecting errors, but no error occurred, the application just redirected me to the home page after the user registration.
Here's my User model:
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
use Notifiable;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'password', 'phone_number', 'username', 'role'
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token'
];
public function freelancer()
{
return $this->hasOne('App\Freelancer', 'freelancer_id', 'id');
}
public function employer()
{
return $this->hasOne('App\Employer', 'employer_id', 'id');
}
}
This is my create() function in RegisterController.php:
protected function create(array $data)
{
if ($data['role'] == 'freelancer') {
$user = User::create([
'first_name' => $data['first_name'],
'last_name' => $data['last_name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'phone_number' => $data['phone_number'],
'username' => $data['username'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
'role' => $data['role'],
])->freelancer()->create([
'overview_description' => '',
]);
} else {
$user = User::create([
'first_name' => $data['first_name'],
'last_name' => $data['last_name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'phone_number' => $data['phone_number'],
'username' => $data['username'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
'role' => $data['role'],
])->employer()->create([
'overview_description' => '',
'number_of_employees' => 0,
]);
}
return $user;
}
My Freelancer and Employer model:
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Freelancer extends Model
{
protected $table = 'freelancer';
public $timestamps = false;
protected $fillable = [
'overview_description'
];
}
--
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Employer extends Model
{
protected $table = 'employer';
public $timestamps = false;
protected $fillable = [
'overview_description', 'number_of_employees'
];
}
I think there is something wrong in the RegisterController, but I'm not sure where it is. Is there any logic error?

Answer 1

You forget to use the Illuminate\Auth\MustVerifyEmail trait in your User model, this trait define the sendEmailVerificationNotification method which is responsible for sending the verification email.
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail as MustVerifyEmailContract; // this is an interface
use Illuminate\Auth\MustVerifyEmail; // this the trait
class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
use MustVerifyEmail, Notifiable;
// all the other code goes here
}

Answer 2

The issue solved after I updated the create function in RegisterController.php as follows:
protected function create(array $data)
{
$user = User::create([
'first_name' => $data['first_name'],
'last_name' => $data['last_name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'phone_number' => $data['phone_number'],
'username' => $data['username'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
'role' => $data['role'],
]);
return $user;
}
As for the creation process of the Freelancer and Employer instances, I placed it after the email verification.