Laravel 4 Quick start ( With auth ) Guide

Laravel 4 quick start guide

1) Install composer locally

    $ curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
    
2) Create a new Laravel project
 
    // create a new laravel project with latest stable inside of directory "myproject"
    $ composer create-project laravel/laravel myproject

3) Config

   // Change app/storage folder permission
   $ chmod -R 0777 app/storage
   
4) Add machine-name to local env ( To setup your enironment - bootstrap/start.php )

   // for linux env
   $ find -name 'bootstrap/start.php' -print -exec sed -i 's/your-machine-name/localhost/g' {} \;
   // MAC OSC friendly version
   $ find bootstrap -name 'start.php' -exec sed -i '' -e 's/your-machine-name/localhost/g' {} \;
   
5)  Edit config/local/database.php
  // Edit config/local/databse.php to suit your needs
  // Dont forget to actually create that DB you specify
  
6) Database Migration Setup:
  // create a migration file for table "users" , tell Laravel we need logic to create the table
  $ php artisan migrate:make create_users_table --table=users --create
  
7) Defining which fiels are fillable in our Users model. Edit app/model/User.php and add the "fillable" array
   protect $fillable = array ('email', 'password');
   
8) Edit app/database/migrations/SOME_DATE_create_users_table.php
   
   public function up()
   {
      Schema::create('users', function(Blueprint $table)
      {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->string('email')->unique();
        $table->string('password');
        $table->timestamps();
      });
   }
   
9) Seeding

   Edit app/database/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php
   
   public function run()
   {
    Eloquent::unguard();
    
    // Uncomment this line
    $this->call('UserTableSeeder');
   }
    
10) Create User Table seeder file:

   $ touch app/database/seeds/UserTableSeeder.php
   
11) Edit app/databse/seeds/UserTableSeeder.php

    class UserTableSeeder extends Seeder {
      public function run()
      {
        DB::table('users')->delete();
        
        User::create(array(
          'email' => '[email protected]',
          'password' => Hash::make('your_password')
        ));
      }
    }
    
12)  Create DB and seed it
 
    $ php artisan migrate --env=local
    $ php artisan db:seed --env=local
    
    
13) Setup Auth filter and routes:
    Edit app/filters.php
    
    Route::filter('auth', function() 
    {
       //Slight change to redirect to login route
       if (Auth::guest())
          return Redirect::to('login');
       
    });

14) Edit app/routes.php

    Route::get('/', array('before' => 'auth', function() {
      return 'Hello, '.Auth::user()->email . '!';
    }));
    
    Route::get('/login', function()
    {
      return View::make('login');
    });
    
    Route::post('/login', function()
    {
       // Dont forget to validate the user inputs
       // Currently user inputs are not validated
       
       Auth::attempt ( array ('email' => Input::get('email') , 'password' => Input::get('password')) );
       
       return Redirect::to('/');
    });
    
    
15) Create login view:

    $ touch app/views/login.php
    
Head to your localhost, get redirected to your login form and try loggin in !


Credits : the original author is @fideloper and you can find the article here ( http://fideloper.com/laravel-4-uber-quick-start-with-auth-guide ).