Laravel 5.5 Tutorial : Email Verification for New User After Registration in Laravel 5

Email Verification Project

First, create new project,

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel verification

Create Auth using scaffold

php artisan make:auth

Create Connection to Database

Setting your .ENV files,

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=db_activation
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword


MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=youremail@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=yourpassword
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

more detail how to configure mail How to send mail using Gmail SMTP

Create Migration

php artisan make:migration create_users_activation_table

Your migration file is stored here database\migrations\2016_11_01_152432_create_users_activation_table.php

<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class CreateUsersActivationTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
      Schema::create('user_activations', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->integer('id_user')->unsigned();
        $table->foreign('id_user')->references('id')->on('users')->onDelete('cascade');
        $table->string('token');
        $table->timestamp('created_at')->default(DB::raw('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'));
      });

      Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
          $table->boolean('is_activated')->default(0);
      });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
      Schema::drop("user_activations");
      Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->dropColumn('is_activated');
      });
    }
}

User Model

protected $fillable = [
        'name', 'email', 'password', 'is_activated',
    ];

Next, migrate our new table

php artisan migrate

Add New Routes

Route::get('/user/activation/{token}', 'Auth\RegisterController@userActivation');

Add Controller (app\Http\Controllers\Auth\RegisterController.php)

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\User;
use Validator;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use DB;
use Mail;

class RegisterController extends Controller
{
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Register Controller
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This controller handles the registration of new users as well as their
    | validation and creation. By default this controller uses a trait to
    | provide this functionality without requiring any additional code.
    |
    */

    use RegistersUsers;

    /**
     * Where to redirect users after login / registration.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $redirectTo = '/home';

    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('guest');
    }

    /**
     * Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return IlluminateContractsValidationValidator
     */
    protected function validator(array $data)
    {
        return Validator::make($data, [
            'name' => 'required|max:255',
            'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
            'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return User
     */
    protected function create(array $data)
    {
        return User::create([
            'name' => $data['name'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
        ]);
    }
    public function register(Request $request) {
      $input = $request->all();
      $validator = $this->validator($input);

      if ($validator->passes()){
        $user = $this->create($input)->toArray();
        $user['link'] = str_random(30);

        DB::table('user_activations')->insert(['id_user'=>$user['id'],'token'=>$user['link']]);

        Mail::send('emails.activation', $user, function($message) use ($user){
          $message->to($user['email']);
          $message->subject('www.hc-kr.com - Activation Code');
        });
        return redirect()->to('login')->with('success',"We sent activation code. Please check your mail.");
      }
      return back()->with('errors',$validator->errors());
    }

    public function userActivation($token){
      $check = DB::table('user_activations')->where('token',$token)->first();
      if(!is_null($check)){
        $user = User::find($check->id_user);
        if ($user->is_activated ==1){
          return redirect()->to('login')->with('success',"user are already actived.");

        }
        $user->update(['is_activated' => 1]);
        DB::table('user_activations')->where('token',$token)->delete();
        return redirect()->to('login')->with('success',"user active successfully.");
      }
      return redirect()->to('login')->with('Warning',"your token is invalid");
    }
}

Add Message in View (resources\views\auth\login.blade.php)

@extends('layouts.app')
@section('content')
<div class="container">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
            <div class="panel panel-default">
                <div class="panel-heading">Login</div>
                <div class="panel-body">
                    <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="POST" action="{{ url('/login') }}">
                        {{ csrf_field() }}

                        @if ($message = Session::get('success'))
                          <div class="alert alert-success">
                            <p>
                              {{ $message }}
                            </p>
                          </div>
                        @endif
                        @if ($message = Session::get('warning'))
                          <div class="alert alert-warning">
                            <p>
                              {{ $message }}
                            </p>
                          </div>
                        @endif
                        <div class="form-group{{ $errors->has('email') ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
                            <label for="email" class="col-md-4 control-label">E-Mail Address</label>

                            <div class="col-md-6">
                                <input id="email" type="email" class="form-control" name="email" value="{{ old('email') }}" required autofocus>

                                @if ($errors->has('email'))
                                    <span class="help-block">
                                        <strong>{{ $errors->first('email') }}</strong>
                                    </span>
                                @endif
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="form-group{{ $errors->has('password') ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
                            <label for="password" class="col-md-4 control-label">Password</label>

                            <div class="col-md-6">
                                <input id="password" type="password" class="form-control" name="password" required>

                                @if ($errors->has('password'))
                                    <span class="help-block">
                                        <strong>{{ $errors->first('password') }}</strong>
                                    </span>
                                @endif
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="form-group">
                            <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-4">
                                <div class="checkbox">
                                    <label>
                                        <input type="checkbox" name="remember"> Remember Me
                                    </label>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="form-group">
                            <div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-4">
                                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
                                    Login
                                </button>

                                <a class="btn btn-link" href="{{ url('/password/reset') }}">
                                    Forgot Your Password?
                                </a>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </form>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
@endsection

Create new Folder (resources/views/emails/activation.blade.php)

Wellcome, {{ $name }}
Please active your account : {{ url('user/activation', $link)}}

Finally, try to register and check your email, you will get a new mail for verification your new account, and then please login.