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Roshdi Raed
Roshdi Raed

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How to create a laravel project to login and registration 🤓

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To implement login and registration functionality with permissions in a Laravel project, you can follow these steps:

Step 1: Create a new Laravel project

Follow the instructions mentioned in Step 2 from the previous response to create a new Laravel project.

Step 2: Set up the database

Follow the instructions mentioned in Step 3 from the previous response to set up the database for your Laravel project.

Step 3: Generate authentication scaffolding

Follow the instructions mentioned in Step 4 from the previous response to generate the authentication scaffolding.

Step 4: Generate a User model and migration

Run the following command to generate a User model and migration:

php artisan make:model User -m
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This command will create a User model and a migration file to create the "users" table.

Step 5: Update the User migration file

Open the migration file for the "users" table (located in the database/migrations directory) and update the up method to include additional fields for permissions. Here's an example:

public function up() { Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) { $table->id(); $table->string('name'); $table->string('email')->unique(); $table->timestamp('email_verified_at')->nullable(); $table->string('password'); $table->string('permissions')->default('user'); // Add permissions column $table->rememberToken(); $table->timestamps(); }); }
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Step 6: Run the migrations

Run the following command to apply the migrations and create the "users" table:

php artisan migrate
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Step 7: Define permission levels

Open the config/auth.php file and define the permission levels under the providers section. For example:

'providers' => [ 'users' => [ 'driver' => 'eloquent', 'model' => App\Models\User::class, ], ], 'permissions' => [ 'user' => 1, // Lowest permission level 'admin' => 2, // Higher permission level ],
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Step 8: Add permissions trait to User model

Open the User model (app/Models/User.php) and add the HasPermissions trait. You can create a new file called HasPermissions.php under the app/Traits directory with the following content:

<?php namespace App\Traits; trait HasPermissions { public function hasPermission($permission) { return $this->permissions >= config('auth.permissions.' . $permission); } }
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Then, in the User model, use the HasPermissions trait and define a few helper methods. Here's an example:

<?php namespace App\Models; use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail; use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable; use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable; use App\Traits\HasPermissions; class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail { use Notifiable, HasPermissions; // ... public function isAdmin() { return $this->hasPermission('admin'); } }
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Step 9: Update the authentication views

Open the views for login and registration (resources/views/auth/login.blade.php and resources/views/auth/register.blade.php). Add an input field for the "permissions" column to the registration form. For example:

<div class="form-group row"> <label for="permissions" class="col-md-4 col-form-label text-md-right">{{ __(' Permissions') }}</label> <div class="col-md-6"> <input id="permissions" type="text" class="form-control @error('permissions') is-invalid @enderror" name="permissions" value="{{ old('permissions') }}" required autocomplete="permissions" autofocus> @error('permissions') <span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert"> <strong>{{ $message }}</strong> </span> @enderror </div> </div>
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Step 10: Update the registration validation

Open the app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php file and update the validator method to include the "permissions" field. Add the following line:

protected function validator(array $data) { return Validator::make($data, [ 'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'], 'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'], 'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8', 'confirmed'], 'permissions' => ['required', 'string'], // Add this line ]); }
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Step 11: Update the registration process

Open the app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php file and update the create method to save the "permissions" field. Add the following line:

protected function create(array $data) { return User::create([ 'name' => $data['name'], 'email' => $data['email'], 'password' => Hash::make($data['password']), 'permissions' => $data['permissions'], // Add this line ]); }
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Step 12: Use permissions in your application

You can now use the hasPermission method in your application to check the user's permissions. Here's an example:

if (Auth::user()->hasPermission('admin')) { // User has admin permission } else { // User does not have admin permission }
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That's it! You have implemented login and registration functionality with permissions in your Laravel project. You can now customize and expand upon this foundation to meet your specific requirements.

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