Laravel 4 authentication not working

Question

I have a Laravel 4 app in which I have set up one user. In my login route I\'m calling Auth::attempt with the email and password but it always comes back as fal

Answer 1

I found the problem. As suggested by Jason in the comment above, I had modified the models/User.php file and removed some functions that I didn't realise were necessary.

The getAuthIdentifier() and getAuthPassword() methods must be included in the User model for authentication!

Answer 2

In app/config/app.php make sure you have the 'key' set. This made me pull my hair out. Everything will apear to work, password seems hashed in the DB, but it will always return false until you set this key and re-hash your password into the DB.

"php artisan key:generate"

Answer 3

Had the same problem and made me sweat for hours. Definitively check your User.php model and make sure you have not overwritten the default one. Thanks Jason!