Override laravel 4's authentication methods to use custom hasing function

Question

I have a table in my database with users. Their password are generated with my own custom hashing function.

How do i override the Authentication methods in laravel 4 to

Answer 1

@vFragosop was on the right path with extending Auth.

There are a couple of ways to skin the cat and here is how I would do that without replacing the default Hasher class:

Include in your app/routes.php or wherever:

use Illuminate\Auth\Guard;
Auth::extend("eloquent", function() {
    return new Guard(
        new \Illuminate\Auth\EloquentUserProvider(new CustomHasher(), "User"),  
        App::make('session.store')
    );
});

Create and autoload a CustomHasher class (i.e., app/libraries/CustomHasher.php):

class CustomHasher extends Illuminate\Hashing\BcryptHasher {
    public function make($value, array $options = array())
    {
        ...
    }
    public function check($value, $hashedValue, array $options = array())
    {
        ...
    }
}

That's it.