Adding Event to AuthController in Laravel 5.2 - php

Question

I seen this question before I just wanted help clarifying it.
The goal is to Fire an event when someone registers to the site.
I added the Event/Listener Pair in the Event Service Provider as noted in the Laravel Documentation.
Then I ran the: php artisan command
php artisan generate:event
When a user signs up at example.com/register it should trigger that event. However it does not.
Any Suggestions?
app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php
protected function create(array $data)
{
return User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
]);
Event::fire(new NewUserSignUp($data));
}
The whole file:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\User;
use Validator;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\ThrottlesLogins;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers;
use App\Events\NotifyAdminSignUp;
class AuthController extends Controller
{
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Registration & Login Controller
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This controller handles the registration of new users, as well as the
| authentication of existing users. By default, this controller uses
| a simple trait to add these behaviors. Why don't you explore it?
|
*/
use AuthenticatesAndRegistersUsers, ThrottlesLogins;
/**
* Where to redirect users after login / registration.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $redirectTo = '/';
/**
* Create a new authentication controller instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware($this->guestMiddleware(), ['except' => 'logout']);
}
/**
* Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
*/
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'name' => 'required|max:255',
'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
]);
}
/**
* Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
*
* #param array $data
* #return User
*/
protected function create(array $data)
{
return User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
]);
Event::fire(new NewUserSignUp($data));
}
}

Answer 1

protected function create(array $data)
{
//fire event BEFORE return
Event::fire(new NewUserSignUp($data));
return User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
]);
//because nothing after this line will ever be processed
}