Laravel 4 user login authentication - oracle

Question

i'm using laravel with oracle database. Now, i'm making login sections. When i was input correct username and password, result is okay. But i was input incorrect username or password, following exception occured:
Illuminate \ Database \ QueryException
oci_error() expects parameter 1 to be resource, object given (SQL: select * from test_laravel_auth where username = tugsuu and password = testsss)
My controller code:
$user = DB::table('test_laravel_auth')->where('username', '=', $input['login_username'])
->where('password', '=', $input['login_password'])
->get();
return count($user);
if($user != null){
return "SUCCESS :D";
}
return "failed";

Answer 1

I assume you were using [jfelder/Laravel-OracleDB] package. It is a known issue as stated on site and a fixed was already added. Try updating your packages by running composer update.
Another option is to use yajra/laravel-oci8 package to connect to Oracle.

Answer 2

try this
$user = DB::table('test_laravel_auth')->where('username', '=', Input::get('username'))
->where('password', '=', Input::get('password'))
->get();
if(Auth::attempt($user))
{
//here success
}
else
{
return Redirect::to('login')->with('login_errors','Invalid Login Credentials.');
}

Answer 3

I suggest you use first instead of get(), this will retrieve the first record (only one should be found). You could also try with firstOrFail() and create an error handler if it "fails". If it fails = login incorrect.
$user = DB::table('test_laravel_auth')->where('username', '=', Input::get('login_username'))->where('password', '=', Input::get('login_password'))->first();
if (!is_null($user))
{
Auth::login($user);
}
else
{
//failed
}

Answer 4

Im also using Oracle database in Laravel and this solution works for me:
if ( Auth::attempt( array( 'user_name' => Input::get( 'username' ), 'password' => Input::get( 'password' ) ) ) )
{
return Redirect::intended( 'dashboard' );
}
else
{
return Redirect::to( 'login' )->withInput( Input::except( 'password' ) );
}
My code is just same on the Laravel documentation. It doesn't require you to use queries for authentication, all you need to use is the authentication class that comes with Laravel.
What driver/package you are using? Im using the yajra/laravel-oci8 package to make Oracle work with Laravel.
You may read more about laravel-oci8 package documentation on its page: https://github.com/yajra/laravel-oci8