Laravel 4 login validation issue - validation

Question

I'm having trouble logging in. Even when there are no validation errors to be found, it goes to the else statement block in my postIndex method and brings me back to the login page. Any idea on what the problem is and what do i need to change to fix it?
routes.php
<?php
Route::get('/', 'HomeController#getGuestIndex');
Route::controller('login', 'LoginController');
?>
HomeController.php
<?php
class HomeController extends BaseController {
public function getGuestIndex()
{
return View::make('guests.index');
}
public function getAdminIndex()
{
return View::make('admin.index');
}
}
?>
LoginController.php
<?php
class LoginController extends BaseController {
public function getIndex()
{
// Check if we are already logged in.
if (Auth::check()) {
return Redirect::action('HomeController#getAdminIndex')
->with('message', 'You are already logged in');
}
return View::make('guests.login')
->with('title', 'Login');
}
public function postIndex()
{
// Get all the inputs
$user = array(
'username' => Input::get('username'),
'password' => Input::get('password')
);
$validation = User::validate($user);
if ($validation->passes()) {
// Try to log the user in.
if (Auth::attempt($user)) {
return Redirect::action('HomeController#getAdminIndex')
->with('message', 'You have logged in successfully');
}
return Redirect::to('login')
->withErrors($validation)
->withInput(Input::except('password'));
} else {
// Something went wrong.
return Redirect::back()
->withErrors($validation)
->withInput(Input::except('password'));
}
}
}
?>
BaseModel.php
<?php
class BaseModel extends Eloquent {
public static function validate($inputs)
{
return Validator::make($inputs, static::$rules);
}
}
?>
User.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
class User extends BaseModel implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {
protected $table = 'users';
protected $hidden = array('password');
protected static $rules = array(
'username' => 'required|alpha_dash|min:4',
'email' => 'required|email',
'password' => 'required|alpha_num|min:8|confirmed',
'password_confirmation' => 'required|alpha_num|min:8'
);
public function getAuthIdentifier()
{
return $this->getKey();
}
public function getAuthPassword()
{
return $this->password;
}
public function getReminderEmail()
{
return $this->email;
}
}
?>
login.blade.php
#extends('layouts.master')
#section('content')
<h2>Login into your account</h2>
{{ Form::open(array('url' => 'login')) }}
<p>
{{ Form::label('username', 'Username') }}
{{ Form::text('username', Input::old('username')) }}
</p>
<p>
{{ Form::label('password', 'Password') }}
{{ Form::password('password') }}
</p>
<p>
{{ Form::submit('Login') }}
</p>
{{ Form::close() }}
<p>{{ $errors->first('username') }}</p>
<p>{{ $errors->first('password') }}</p>
#stop

Answer 1

Based on your question and example script the validation is failing.
The problem is likely with the model based validation implementation. You are validating login with registration rules.
One set of validation rules does not fit all situations.
If you add the following lines to your login.blade.php I think you will see additional errors:
<p>{{ $errors->first('email') }}</p>
<p>{{ $errors->first('password_confirmation') }}</p>
To fix it, you will need to either change the validation rules on your model, or change the validation implementation. These two excellent tutorials show a couple approaches:
https://tutsplus.com/lesson/validation-services/
https://tutsplus.com/lesson/validating-with-models-and-event-listeners/