Auth::attempt($credentials) always returns false

Question

Hi there I am new to laravel and I am trying to code functionality of my login form here are the codes:

this is how I create new user (works well)

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Answer 1

Check to make sure that your database password field is 60 characters.

Answer 2

To all laravel 4 developers who are facing the Auth::attempt() login failure with valid creditials!

Solution:

• In app/config/app.php change type: 'cipher' => MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_128 to 'cipher' => MCRYPT_RIJNDAEL_256 and re-hash all passwords

• In Model add method:

   public function setPasswordAttribute($pass) {
  
       $this->attributes['password'] = Hash::make($pass);
   }
  

• In UserController:

  //Create User or Register

     public function postCreate() {
  
      $input = Input::all();
      $user = new User;
      $user->username = Input::get('username');
      $user->email = Input::get('email');
      $user->password = Hash::make(Input::get('password'));    
      $user = User::create($input);
      return Redirect::action("Frontend\HomeController@index");
  

  }

  //Login or Sign in

  public function postSignin() {
  
      $userdata = array(
          'username' => Input::get('username'),
          'password' => Input::get('password')
      );
  
      if (Auth::attempt($userdata, true)) {
           Session::put('username', Auth::user()->username);
           return Redirect::action("Frontend\HomeController@index");
      } else {
           return Redirect::action("Frontend\UserController@getLogin")
                  ->with('message', 'Your username/password combination was incorrect')
                  ->withInput();
  }
  

Hope i have helped someone out there

Answer 3

Fool me! Although I have checked it many times, I could not see the line 'username' => 'email', in auth config file.

it should be 'username' => 'username', since I am going to use username for login.