Laravel 5.5: Execute a method before registration - php

Question

I'm using the default laravel authentication. Every user who registeres in my site needs a activation pin. The valid PINs are stored in a different table. Whenever a user registeres, I want to test if the PIN is valid or not. So, is there any method that I can override in RegisterController that executes before regstering the user?

Answer 1

Yes. You can override protected register method in RegisterController. This is a simple solution. I do this to validate params, save a new user, and force return JSON in one of my projects.
For example:
protected function register(Request $request)
{
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'first_name' => 'required',
'last_name' => 'required',
'email' => 'required|email|unique:users',
'phone' => 'required',
'pin' => 'required'
]);
//Check your PIN here, if it's wrong, append errors array
if ($validator->fails())
throw new ValidationFailed($validator->errors());
User::create([
'first_name' => $request->input('first_name'),
'last_name' => $request->input('last_name'),
'email' => $request->input('email'),
'phone' => $request->input('phone'),
'password' => bcrypt(str_random(10)),
'remember_token' => str_random(10),
]);
return ResponseJSON::make(trans('responses.registered'));
}

Answer 2

You can add a validation rule for validating the pin in the validator method like this :
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'name' => 'required|string|max:255',
'email' => 'required|string|email|max:255|unique:users',
'password' => 'required|string|min:6|confirmed',
'pin' => [
'required',
Rule::exists('pins')->where(function ($query) {
$query->where('Some condition');
}),
],
]);
}
I assume you have a table for pins called pins

Answer 3

extend the register function in user class:
public function register(Request $request)
{
event(new \App\Events\NewUserRegistered(Auth::user()));
return redirect($this->redirectPath());
}
NewUserRegistered:
namespace App\Events;
use App\Events\Event;
use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting\ShouldBroadcast;
use App\User;
class NewUserRegistered extends Event
{
use SerializesModels;
public $userID;
/**
* Create a new event instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct(User $userID)
{
//get whatever is massed in here's value in the id column
$this->id = $userID;
}
/**
* Get the channels the event should be broadcast on.
*
* #return array
*/
public function broadcastOn()
{
return [];
}
}