create_users_table.php

create_users_table.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class CreateUsersTable extends Migration {

	protected $table = User::TABLE;
	
	/**
	 * Run the migrations.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
        public function up()
        {
          Schema::create($this->table, function($table)
          {
            $table->engine = 'InnoDB';

            $table->increments(User::PRIMARY_KEY);
            $table->string(User::USERNAME, 60)->unique();
            $table->string(User::EMAIL)->unique();
            $table->string(User::PASSWORD, 128);

            $table->timestamps();
            $table->timestamp(User::LOGIN)->nullable();
            $table->boolean(User::STATUS)->default(0);
            $table->string(User::INIT)->unique();
            $table->string(User::TIMEZONE, 32)->nullable();
            $table->string(User::LANGUAGE, 12)->nullable();
            $table->binary(User::DATA)->nullable();
            $table->rememberToken();
          });
        }

	/**
	 * Reverse the migrations.
	 *
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function down()
	{
		if (Schema::hasTable($this->table))
		{
			Schema::drop($this->table);
		}
	}

}

User.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Auth\UserTrait;
use Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableTrait;
use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
use Reimy\Extensions\Html\UserFormTraits;

class User extends BaseModel implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface {

	use UserTrait, RemindableTrait, UserFormTraits;

	const TABLE = 'users';
	const PRIMARY_KEY = 'id';

	const USERNAME = 'username';
	const EMAIL = 'email';
	const EMAIL_CONF = 'email_conf';
	const PASSWORD = 'password';
	const PASSWORD_CONF = 'password_conf';
	const LOGIN = 'login_at';
	const STATUS = 'status';
	const INIT = 'init_email';
	const TIMEZONE = 'timezone';
	const LANGUAGE = 'language';
	const DATA = 'data';
	const REMEMBER = 'remember_me';

	protected $guarded = array(self::PRIMARY_KEY, self::PASSWORD);

	/**
	 * The attributes excluded from the model's JSON form.
	 *
	 * @var array
	 */
	protected $hidden = array(self::PASSWORD, 'remember_token');

	public function profile() {
		return $this->hasOne('UserProfile', UserProfile::FOREIGN_KEY);
	}
}

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