User passes Auth::attempt(); Fails Auth::check('user') - php

Question

I'm working with an old copy of a client's database and making the new Laravel app work with its existing users.
I was building and testing with my User model using the 'users' table, but I'm trying to hook it up to the 'auth_user' table. After the changes, my new users are being created correctly. The login is a problem though. The users are passing Auth::attempt($credentials) as expected, but failing when
In my LoginController...
// post to /login
public function login() {
$input = Request::all();
// Log the user in
if (Auth::attempt(['email'=>$input['username'], 'password'=>$input['password']])) {//Auth::attempt(Auth::attempt("admin", ['email' => $input['username'], 'password' => $input['password'], 'active' => 1])) {
// the user is now authenticated.
return Redirect::to('/welcome')->with('message', 'Successfully authenticated');
}
return Redirect::to('/')
->with('message', 'Login Failed: Your Login Credentials Are Invalid');
}
}
I'm definitely passing the Auth::attempt(...), but I don't think my session is being set for that user. After the redirect to /welcome, I fail the Auth::check('user')
public function welcome() {
if (!Auth::check('user')) return Redirect::to('/');
// ... Top secret stuff (no returns or redirects though)
return view('user.welcome', [
'user' => Auth::user()
// ...
]);
}
This redirects back to my login controller.
The kicker is this was all working when I was using my 'users' table instead of 'auth_user'.
Users uses id as the primary key, Auth_user uses 'uid' as the primary key. I'd love to change the uid to be id, but I have to reuse a scary number of MYSQL stored procedures that I can't change.
Relevant models:
User.php:
class User extends Model implements AuthenticatableContract,
AuthorizableContract,
CanResetPasswordContract
{
use Authenticatable, Authorizable, CanResetPassword;
public function rules($scenario = null, $id = null) {
$rules = [];
switch($scenario) {
case 'userAdd':
$rules = [
'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:6'
];
break;
case 'passwordChange':
$rules = [
'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:6'
];
break;
}
return $rules;
}
public function isValid($scenario = null) {
$validation = User::make($this->attributes, User::rules($scenario));
if($validation->passes()) return true;
$this->errors = $validation->messages();
return false;
}
/**
* The database table used by the model.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $table = 'auth_user';
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = ['username', 'name', 'password', 'email', 'expire', 'active', 'organization','role'];
/**
* The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = ['password', 'remember_token'];
protected $primaryKey = 'uid';
}
Auth.php (for multiple user types -- I know, I'd rather use roles instead of separate models too)
<?php
return [
'multi' => [
'user' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\User::class,
'table' => 'auth_user'
],
'admin' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\Admin::class,
'table' => 'auth_admin'
]
],
];
I think I covered all my bases for the primary key change, but I can't get the model to pass Auth::check(). Can someone with more Laravel experience illuminate what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This is not a complete fix. I still can't find anything to tell Laravel/Guard not to look at the ID column, so I bandaided it by adding an ID column and $user->id = $user->uid;. I'm not proud of this, but it works.

Answer 2

In your User.php Script you need to place this code and this code make the table to login check.
protected $table='auth_users';
In your User.php code place that protected table code in initial stage( after the class function).