Laravel Auth attempt failing - php

Question

I really try to debug my issues on my own before I bring them here, but I seriously cannot find a solution to my laravel auth problem, though it seems to be a common issue.
My authentication will not login. It always returns false and I don't understand why.
I've read through some other questions here, and their solutions haven't solved my particular situation.
My User model implements UserInterface and Remindable Interface.
My password is hashed upon creating it to the database.
My password field in my database is varchar 100, which should be more than enough to hash the password.
The user I'm logging is has been created and activated in the database.
Thank you so much for any insight.
User Model
<?php
use Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
class User extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {
protected $fillable = array('email', 'username', 'password', 'password_temp', 'code', 'active');
public $timestamps = false;
protected $softDelete = false;
/**
* 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 = '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;
}
}
Account Controller
class AccountController extends BaseController {
public function getLogin() {
return View::make('account.login');
}
public function postLogin() {
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(),
array(
'email' => 'required',
'password' => 'required'
)
);
if($validator->fails()) {
return Redirect::route('login')
->withErrors($validator);
} else {
$auth = Auth::attempt(array(
'email' => Input::get('email'),
'password' => Input::get('password'),
'active' => 1
));
if($auth) {
return Redirect::route('Create-Account');
}
}
return Redirect::route('login')
->with('global', 'There was a problem logging you in. Please check your credentials and try again.');
}
public function getCreate() {
return View::make('account.create');
}
public function getviewReturn() {
return View::make('account.return');
}
public function postCreate() {
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(),
array(
'email' => 'required|max:50|email|unique:Users',
'username' => 'required|max:15|min:4|unique:Users',
'password' => 'required|min:6',
'password2' => 'required|same:password'
)
);
if ($validator->fails()) {
return Redirect::route('Post-Create-Account')
->withErrors($validator)
->withInput();
}
else {
$email = Input::get('email');
$username = Input::get('username');
$password = Input::get('email');
$code = str_random(60);
$user = User::create(array(
'email' => $email,
'username' => $username,
'password' => Hash::make($password),
'code' => $code,
'active' => 0));
});
return Redirect::to('account/return')
Routes
Route::group(array('before' => 'guest'), function() {
Route::group(array('before' => 'csrf'), function() {
Route::post('/account/create', array(
'as' => 'Post-Create-Account',
'uses' => 'AccountController#postCreate'
));
Route::post('/account/login', array(
'as' => 'postlogin',
'uses' => 'AccountController#postLogin'
));
});
Route::get('/account/login', array(
'as' => 'login',
'uses' => 'AccountController#getLogin'
));
Route::get('/account/create', array(
'as' => 'Create-Account',
'uses' => 'AccountController#getCreate'
));
Route::get('/account/activate/{code}', array(
'as' => 'Activate-Account',
'uses' => 'AccountController#getActivate'

Answer 1

When creating the user you've done
$password = Input::get('email');
It should be
$password = Input::get('password');
so if you try and login with the "email" as the password - it will work! :)
So if you change this
else {
$email = Input::get('email');
$username = Input::get('username');
$password = Input::get('email');
$code = str_random(60);
$user = User::create(array(
'email' => $email,
'username' => $username,
'password' => Hash::make($password),
'code' => $code,
'active' => 0));
});
to this
else {
$user = User::create(array(
'email' => Input::get('email'),
'username' => Input::get('username'),
'password' => Hash::make(Input::get('password');),
'code' => str_random(60),
'active' => 0));
});
that cleans up your code and fixes the issue.

Answer 2

Your code looks right to me, so you have to check some things:
1) A manual attempt works for you?
dd( Auth::attempt(['email' => 'youremail', 'password' => 'passw0rt']) );
2) The user hash checks manually?
$user = User::find(1);
var_dump( Hash::check($user->password, 'passw0rt') );
dd( Hash::check($user->password, Input::get('password')) );

Answer 3

Try to add primaryKey field in your user model. It should be something like that:
protected $primaryKey = 'user_id';

Answer 4

I think Apache version problem. You need to update Apache2.4.