m3rten/laravel-double-opt-in

Double-opt-in registration for Laravel 5.1.

Double-opt-in registration for Laravel 5.1

This package provides double-opt-in registration with user activation to Laravel 5.1., _(*1)

Features:, _(*2)

• Newly registered users are marked "inactive" and can't login into the application
• An email with a verification link is sent to the user after registration
• A form for requesting a new activation email (in case the first activation email was lost)

Prerequisites

The package extends the functionality of the trait Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesUsers, so if you are using a custom Authentication Controller this package might not work for you. Also the package asumes the User model and user table are used for authentication (may be decoupled in later versions), _(*3)

Usage

Install the package via composer:, _(*4)

    composer require "m3rten/laravel-double-opt-in"

Add the Service Provider to config/app.php, _(*5)

    'providers' => [
        /* ... */
        M3rten\DoubleOptIn\DoubleOptInServiceProvider::class,
    ],

Replace the used traits in app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php with:, _(*6)

    use AuthenticatesUsers, RegisterAndActivateUsers, ThrottlesLogins {
        RegisterAndActivateUsers::getCredentials insteadof AuthenticatesUsers;
    }

Publish the packages assets and run the migration., _(*7)

    php artisan vendor:publish
    php artisan migrate

If you'd like to alter the provided blade templates you may edit the files in /resources/views/vendor/doubleoptin. If you'd like to alter the provided language files you may edit the files in /resources/lang/vendor/doubleoptin., _(*8)

Add the activation an verification routes to your app/Http/routes.php, _(*9)

    Route::get('/verify/{token}', ['as' => 'activation.verify','uses' => 'Auth\AuthController@verify',]);
    Route::get('/activate', ['as' => 'activation.edit','uses' => 'Auth\AuthController@editActivation',]);
    Route::post('/activate', ['as' => 'activation.update','uses' => 'Auth\AuthController@postActivation',]);

Error and success messages are output via Laravels flash messaging using the variables "message" and "message-type". You may include the message output in your login and registration forms:, _(*10)

    @include('doubleoptin::partials.message')