PHP laravel auth with my custom fields - php

Question

I have seen tutorial on how to uses the default authentication mechanism of laravel.
I want to make my authentication to work for different parameters.
I have following to store in the controller which is for registration of an user:
public function store(Request $request)
{
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'username' => 'required|max:255',
'email' => 'required',
'password' => 'required|alphaNum|min:6',
]);
if ($validator->fails()) {
return redirect('/register')
->withInput()
->withErrors($validator);
}
$confirmation=$this->createConfirmation_code();
$user = new User;
$user->first_name = $request->first_name;
$user->last_name = $request->last_name;
$user->username = $request->username;
$user->email = $request->email;
$user->password = -$request->password;
$user->country = $request->country;
$user->street = $request->street;
$user->zip = $request->zip;
$user->state = $request->state;
$user->city = $request->city;
$user->state = $request->city_state;
$user->institute = $request->institute;
$user->confirmation_code=$confirmation;
$user->confirmed='no';
$this->sendEmailReminder($request,$user);
User::create([
'first_name' => $user->first_name,
'last_name' => $user->last_name,
'username' =>$user->username,
'email' =>$user->email,
'password' => bcrypt($user->password),
'country' =>$user->country,
'street' =>$user->street,
'zip' => $user->zip,
'state' =>$user->state,
'institute' =>$user->institute,
'confirmation_code' =>$user->confirmation_code,
'confirmed' => $user->confirmed
]);
return redirect('/confirm')->with('user',$user);
}
Then for login I an using the following:
public function login(Request $request)
{
$rules = array(
'username' => 'required',
'password' => 'required'
);
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), $rules);
if ($validator->fails()) {
return Redirect::to('/login')
->withErrors($validator);
} else {
$userdata = array(
'username' => $request->username,
'password' => $request->password
);
// attempt to do the login
if (Auth::attempt($userdata)) {
return redirect('/{username}');
} else {
return Redirect::to('/login');
}
}
}
But my login is being failed.
Here is the handle in my Authenticate class:
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
{
if (Auth::guard($guard)->guest()) {
if ($request->ajax() || $request->wantsJson()) {
return response('Unauthorized.', 401);
} else {
}
}
return $next($request);
}
This is my User model:
class User extends Authenticatable
{
protected $fillable = [
'first_name', 'last_name','username','email','password','country','street','zip','state','institute','confirmation_code','confirmed'
];
/**
* The database table used by the model.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $table = 'users';
/**
* The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = array('password');
/**
* Get the unique identifier for the user.
*
* #return mixed
*/
public function getAuthIdentifier()
{
return $this->getKey();
}
/**
* Get the password for the user.
*
* #return string
*/
public function getAuthPassword()
{
return $this->password;
}
/**
* Get the e-mail address where password reminders are sent.
*
* #return string
*/
public function getReminderEmail()
{
return $this->email;
}
public function getRememberToken()
{
return $this->remember_token;
}
public function setRememberToken($value)
{
$this->remember_token = $value;
}
public function getRememberTokenName()
{
return 'remember_token';
}
}
And I have not made any change to the default auth.php file. Can anyone help me how can i make it work?