Laravel 5 forgotten password email template condition - php

Question

I am using the Laravel 5 built in user stuff with Entrust for user roles and permissions. I have two roles set up which are administrators and users. Basically what I want to do is have two different forgotten password email templates - one for users and one for administrators. So when a user enters their email address to get the reset link emailed to them I need to check what sort of user they are first and then send them the right template. I don't want to have to do any sort of hacky stuff in the standard email template their must be a way to do this in the controller or something surely? Anyone know how I would do it?

Answer 1

You can probably prompt them to enter their email and when they submit you can grab it in the controller:
public function forgot()
{
$email = Input::get('email');
$user = User::where('email', $email)->first();
if($user->type == 'admin') {
// logic to email admin with admin template
} else {
// logic to email user with user template
}
// redirect to success page letting user know the email was sent
return View::make('someview');
}
Or better yet, just pass the user type to an email service that handles the emailing:
public function forgot()
{
$email = Input::get('email');
$user = User::where('email', $email)->first();
$emailService->sendForgotForType($user->type);
// redirect to success page letting user know the email was sent
return View::make('someview');
}
If you are using Laravel 5's built in User Management:
To override the default template used you would need to manually set the $emailView in the PasswordBroker.php by writing a new class that extends PasswordBroker.
For example, comment out 'Illuminate\Auth\Passwords\PasswordResetServiceProvider' in config/app.php
Then create an extension class:
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\PasswordBroker;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\CanResetPassword;
class MyPasswordBroker extends PasswordBroker {
// override
public function emailResetLink(CanResetPasswordContract $user, $token, Closure $callback = null)
{
// Override Logic to email reset link function perhaps using the example above?
}
}
Then you would need to bind your new MyPasswordBroker class to AppServiceProvider at app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php in the register method (below found online):
$this->app->bind('App\Model\PasswordBroker', function($app) {
$key = $app['config']['app.key'];
$userToken = new \App\Model\NewUserToken;
$tokens = new \App\Repository\NewTokenRepository($key,$userToken);
$user = new \App\Model\NewUser;
$view = $app['config']['auth.password.email'];
return new \App\Model\PasswordBroker($tokens, $users, $app['mailer'], $view);
});
Definitely moderately advanced stuff, if you can handle it - great. Otherwise I would possibly look into using an authentication package with built in features you need.