Authenticate users without email in Laravel - php

Question

I'm trying to make email optional when user signs up. Here is package. So I removed email' => 'required|email|unique:users', in this function:
public function signup(Request $request)
{
$credentials = $request->all();
$validator = Validator::make($credentials, [
'name' => 'required',
'email' => 'required|email|unique:users',
'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
'password_confirmation' => 'required|min:3'
]);
if ($validator->fails()) {
throw new ValidationHttpException($validator->errors()->all());
}
try {
$user = $this->users->create($request->except('roles', 'permissions'));
if (!$user->id) {
return $this->response->error('could_not_create_user', 500);
}
$hasToReleaseToken = Config::get('boilerplate.signup_token_release');
if ($hasToReleaseToken) {
return $this->login($request);
}
return $this->response->created();
} catch (\Exception $e) {
return $this->response->error($e->getMessage(), 500);
}
}
then in config-boilerplate.php I also removed email:
'signup_fields_rules' => [
'name' => 'required',
'email' => 'required|email|unique:users',///// this
'password' => 'required|min:6'
],
But when I sign up I get this error :
"message": "Undefined index: email",
"status_code": 500,
"debug": {
"line": 173,
"file": "/Users/MyMac/Desktop/Project/laravel-5.3-boilerplate-api-jwt-vue2/vendor/dingo/api/src/Http/Response/Factory.php",
"class": "Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpException",
the route:
$api = app('Dingo\Api\Routing\Router');
$api->version('v1', function ($api) {
$api->post('auth/signup', 'App\Api\V1\Controllers\AuthController#signup');
Is there anything I need to disable to allow users sign-up with or without email ?

Answer 1

If you want to make email as optional field, just use sometimes|email See Docs. Try below code:
public function signup(Request $request)
{
$credentials = $request->all();
$validator = Validator::make($credentials, [
'name' => 'required',
'email' => 'sometimes|email',
'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
'password_confirmation' => 'required|min:3'
]);
if ($validator->fails()) {
throw new ValidationHttpException($validator->errors()->all());
}
try {
$user = $this->users->create($request->except('roles', 'permissions'));
if (!$user->id) {
return $this->response->error('could_not_create_user', 500);
}
$hasToReleaseToken = Config::get('boilerplate.signup_token_release');
if ($hasToReleaseToken) {
return $this->login($request);
}
return $this->response->created();
} catch (\Exception $e) {
return $this->response->error($e->getMessage(), 500);
}
}
config-boilerplate.php
'signup_fields_rules' => [
'name' => 'required',
'email' => 'sometimes|email',///// this
'password' => 'required|min:6'
],