Laravel Authentication - php

Question

$this->beforeFilter(function()
{
Config::set('auth.model', 'User');
if ((Auth::guest())) {
//dd(Auth::guest());
$msg3 = "Please Login First";
// dd("ok");
return Redirect::to(Request::root().'/auth')->with("error_message", $msg3);
}
});
I am using a Auth::guest() function for stopping unauthorized access but when I hit URL unauthorized access works fine but login fails... without this portion of code login using Auth::attempt() works fine... what can be the problem??
Edit
//AuthController for login
<?php
// uncomment this to use namespaced controller
//namespace Modules\admin\Controllers;
class AuthController extends \BaseController
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->beforeFilter(function()
{
Config::set('auth.model', 'User');
});
}
public function getIndex()
{
return \View::make("login");
}
public function postLogin()
{
$msg7 = "Invalid email address or password";
// $results['userData'] = user::get();
// dd($results);
//$password=Input::get('password');
//$password=Hash::make('secret');
$userData = array(
'email' => Input::get('email'),
'password'=> Input::get('password')
);
$email=Input::get('email');
// $password=Input::get('password');
// dd($password);
//dd($userData);
$rules = array(
'email' => 'required|email',
'password' => 'required|min:5'
);
$remember=Input::get('remember');
$remember_me=false;
if (!empty($remember)) {
$remember_me=true;
}
$validator = Validator::make(Input::get(), $rules);
if($validator->fails()){
// redirect to the login page with validation errors
return Redirect::to(Request::root().'/auth')->withErrors($validator)->withInput();
}
else{
//dd(Auth::attempt($userData));
// check authentication
if(Auth::attempt($userData,$remember_me)){
// dd(Auth::attempt($userData)); // redirect to the dashboard page
//dd($userData);
return Redirect::to(Request::root().'/home');
}else{
//dd($userData);
//DB::table('user')->insert($userData);
//dd("test");
// redirect to the login page with error message
return Redirect::to(Request::root().'/auth')->with("error_message", $msg7);
}
}
}
// logout function
public function getLogout()
{
// delete all data from sesstion
Auth::logout();
Session::flush();
// redirect to login page
return Redirect::to(Request::root().'/auth');
}
}
// DashboardController where unauthorized access is blocked
<?php
class DashboardController extends BaseController{
public function __construct()
{
$this->beforeFilter(function()
{
Config::set('auth.model', 'User');
if ((Auth::guest())) {
//dd(Auth::guest());
$msg3 = "Please Login First";
// dd("ok");
return Redirect::to(Request::root().'/auth')->with("error_message", $msg3);
}
});
}
public function getIndex()
{
//dd(Auth::check());
return View::make('home');
}
}

Answer 1

The problem is that you should exclude your action when you send your login form data. If in your controller you have method postLogin to handle POST data from login form, you should use:
$this->beforeFilter(function() {
// here goes code of your filter
}, array('except' => 'postLogin'));
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