Email Verification In Laravel 9

Laravel provides a built-in email verification feature so here we will discuss how to enable this feature in our application. Follow some easy steps to enable this feature in laravel application.

STEP 1: Create Laravel App

laravel new laravel-email-varification

STEP 2: Go to the app directory

cd laravel-email-varification

STEP 3: Install Laravel Starter Kits

composer require laravel/ui

php artisan ui bootstrap --auth

npm install

npm run build

STEP 4: Changes In User Model

go to App\Models\User and uncomment or add theMustVerifyEmailcontract.

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens;

class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
    use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable;
}

STEP 5: Defined Routes In web.php file

Add two illuminate request

use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\EmailVerificationRequest;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

Add Three Routes 

//First Route - return auth verify view.
Route::get('/email/verify', function () {
    return view('auth.verify');
})->middleware('auth')->name('verification.notice');

//Second Route - generated and send email verification link.
Route::post('/email/verification-notification', function (Request $request) {
    $request->user()->sendEmailVerificationNotification();
    return back()->with('message', 'Verification link sent!');
})->middleware(['auth', 'throttle:6,1'])->name('verification.resend');

//Third Route - update the email_verified_at column in user table.
Route::get('/email/verify/{id}/{hash}', function (EmailVerificationRequest $request) {
    $request->fulfill();
    return redirect('/home');
})->middleware(['auth', 'signed'])->name('verification.verify');

STEP 6: Now protect your routes or controllers

add verified middleware in your route or controller which routes or controllers, you want to access only verified user.

Protect Routes.

Route::get('/home', [HomeController::class, 'index'])->middleware(['auth', 'verified']);

Protect Controller

public function __construct()
{
        $this->middleware([ 'auth','verified']);
}

namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware([ 'auth','verified']);
    }

    public function index()
    {
        return view('home');
    }
}

STEP 7: Migrate database

php artisan migrate

STEP 8: Run and test login, register, and verify functionality.

Run your app using the artisan command:

php artisan serve

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