In this post, I am going to explain about login with a username instead of email in Laravel 9.
After Installing Laravel and Laravel Authentication open code project in a code editor & follow the steps below.
Step - 1
Add the username field in the users table, for that create a migration to add a field.
php artisan make:migration add_username_field_in_users_table
This command will create a file inside database\migrations folder.
Now update the file with the code below.
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
return new class extends Migration
{
public function up()
{
Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->string('username')->after('name');
});
}
public function down()
{
Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->dropColumn('username');
});
}
};
Now run the migration in order to add username in users table.
php artisan migrate
Step - 2
Now update the registration form so that the user can choose a username for login.
Open register view file resources/views/auth/register.blade.php and update the following code.
@extends('layouts.app')
@section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-header">{{ __('Register') }}</div>
<div class="card-body">
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('register') }}">
@csrf
<div class="row mb-3">
<label for="name" class="col-md-4 col-form-label text-md-end">{{ __('Name') }}</label>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input id="name" type="text" class="form-control @error('name') is-invalid @enderror" name="name" value="{{ old('name') }}" required autocomplete="name" autofocus>
@error('name')
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="row mb-3">
<label for="username" class="col-md-4 col-form-label text-md-end">{{ __('Username') }}</label>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input id="username" type="text" class="form-control @error('username') is-invalid @enderror" name="username" value="{{ old('username') }}" required autocomplete="username" autofocus>
@error('username')
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="row mb-3">
<label for="email" class="col-md-4 col-form-label text-md-end">{{ __('Email Address') }}</label>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input id="email" type="email" class="form-control @error('email') is-invalid @enderror" name="email" value="{{ old('email') }}" required autocomplete="email">
@error('email')
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="row mb-3">
<label for="password" class="col-md-4 col-form-label text-md-end">{{ __('Password') }}</label>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input id="password" type="password" class="form-control @error('password') is-invalid @enderror" name="password" required autocomplete="new-password">
@error('password')
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="row mb-3">
<label for="password-confirm" class="col-md-4 col-form-label text-md-end">{{ __('Confirm Password') }}</label>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input id="password-confirm" type="password" class="form-control" name="password_confirmation" required autocomplete="new-password">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row mb-0">
<div class="col-md-6 offset-md-4">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
{{ __('Register') }}
</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
@endsection
Now register form will look like
Next, we have to update the User Model, to update the User Model opens the file app/Models/User.php and update the following code.
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable;
protected $fillable = [
'name',
'username',
'email',
'password',
];
protected $hidden = [
'password',
'remember_token',
];
protected $casts = [
'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
];
}
Next, we have to update the RegisterController, Open file app/Http/Controller/Auth/RegisterController.php and update the code.
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
class RegisterController extends Controller
{
use RegistersUsers;
protected $redirectTo = RouteServiceProvider::HOME;
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest');
}
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
'username' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'],
'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8', 'confirmed'],
]);
}
protected function create(array $data)
{
return User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'username' => $data['username'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
]);
}
}
Step - 3
Next, you have to update the login form, and open the view file resources/views/auth/login.blade.php.
@extends('layouts.app')
@section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-header">{{ __('Login') }}</div>
<div class="card-body">
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('login') }}">
@csrf
<div class="row mb-3">
<label for="username" class="col-md-4 col-form-label text-md-end">{{ __('Username') }}</label>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input id="username" type="text" class="form-control @error('username') is-invalid @enderror" name="username" value="{{ old('username') }}" required autocomplete="username" autofocus>
@error('username')
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="row mb-3">
<label for="password" class="col-md-4 col-form-label text-md-end">{{ __('Password') }}</label>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input id="password" type="password" class="form-control @error('password') is-invalid @enderror" name="password" required autocomplete="current-password">
@error('password')
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="row mb-3">
<div class="col-md-6 offset-md-4">
<div class="form-check">
<input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" name="remember" id="remember" {{ old('remember') ? 'checked' : '' }}>
<label class="form-check-label" for="remember">
{{ __('Remember Me') }}
</label>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row mb-0">
<div class="col-md-8 offset-md-4">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
{{ __('Login') }}
</button>
@if (Route::has('password.request'))
<a class="btn btn-link" href="{{ route('password.request') }}">
{{ __('Forgot Your Password?') }}
</a>
@endif
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
@endsection
Next, you have to update LoginController open app/Http/Controller/Auth/LoginController.php and update the code.
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesUsers;
class LoginController extends Controller
{
use AuthenticatesUsers;
protected $redirectTo = RouteServiceProvider::HOME;
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest')->except('logout');
}
public function username()
{
return 'username';
}
}
Now the login form will look like this.
I hope this will help login with username in Laravel 9.
Here you will get a complete video tutorial on Youtube.
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