Auth::attempt($credentials) always returns false - php

Question

Hi there I am new to laravel and I am trying to code functionality of my login form here are the codes:
this is how I create new user (works well)
public function action_newuser()
{
$email = Input::get('email');
$password = Input::get('password');
$new_user = Input::get('new_user', 'off');
$first_name= Input::get('firstname');
$last_name= Input::get('last_name');
$username= Input::get('username');
$user = new User();
$user->email = $email;
$user->password = Hash::make($password);
$user->first_name =$first_name;
$user->last_name= $last_name;
$user->username= $username;
try{
$user->save();
}
catch(Exception $e) {
echo "Failed to create new user!";
}
This is my login function:
public function action_login()
{
$password = Input::get('password');
$username= Input::get('username');
$remember= Input::get('remember', 'off');
if($remember =='off') $remember=FALSE;
if($remember =='on') $remember=TRUE;
$credentials = array(
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password,
'remember' => $remember
);
if( Auth::attempt($credentials))
{
return Redirect::to('dashboard/index');
}
else
{
#I put this line to check are the values passed from my form are correct.
echo $password.' ' .$username.' '. $remember;
}
}
When I submit login form it always shows a blank page has values of $password, $username and $remember values. This means Auth::attempt() is not working well.
What can be the problem?

Answer 1

Fool me!
Although I have checked it many times, I could not see the line 'username' => 'email', in auth config file.
it should be 'username' => 'username', since I am going to use username for login.

Answer 2

Check to make sure that your database password field is 60 characters.

Answer 3

To all laravel 4 developers who are facing the Auth::attempt() login failure with valid creditials!
Solution:
In app/config/app.php change type: 'cipher' => MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128 to 'cipher' => MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256 and re-hash all passwords
In Model add method:
public function setPasswordAttribute($pass) {
$this->attributes['password'] = Hash::make($pass);
}
In UserController:
//Create User or Register
public function postCreate() {
$input = Input::all();
$user = new User;
$user->username = Input::get('username');
$user->email = Input::get('email');
$user->password = Hash::make(Input::get('password'));
$user = User::create($input);
return Redirect::action("Frontend\HomeController#index");
}
//Login or Sign in
public function postSignin() {
$userdata = array(
'username' => Input::get('username'),
'password' => Input::get('password')
);
if (Auth::attempt($userdata, true)) {
Session::put('username', Auth::user()->username);
return Redirect::action("Frontend\HomeController#index");
} else {
return Redirect::action("Frontend\UserController#getLogin")
->with('message', 'Your username/password combination was incorrect')
->withInput();
}
Hope i have helped someone out there