How to Use Multi Auth in Laravel 5.2

How to use multi Auth in laravel 5.2

You need two tables users and admins
Run command following command to create built in auth

php artisan make:auth

Two models Users(Already exist) and Admin

<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
class Admin extends Authenticatable{ }

Can Anyone Explain Laravel 5.2 Multi Auth with Example

After lots of digging and lots of questions & answers I have finally managed to work Laravel 5.2 Multi Auth with two table, So I'm writing Answer of my own Question.

How to implement Multi Auth in Laravel 5.2

As Mentioned above.
Two table admin and users

Laravel 5.2 has a new artisan command.

php artisan make:auth

it will generate basic login/register route, view and controller for user table.

Make a admin table as users table for simplicity.

Controller For Admin

app/Http/Controllers/AdminAuth/AuthController

app/Http/Controllers/AdminAuth/PasswordController

(note: I just copied these files from app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController here)

config/auth.php

//Authenticating guards
'guards' => [
    'user' =>[
        'driver' => 'session',
        'provider' => 'user',
    ],
    'admin' => [
        'driver' => 'session',
        'provider' => 'admin',
    ],
],  

//User Providers
'providers' => [
    'user' => [
        'driver' => 'eloquent',
        'model' => App\User::class,
    ],
    'admin' => [
        'driver' => 'eloquent',
        'model' => App\Admin::class,
    ]
],  

//Resetting Password  
'passwords' => [
    'clients' => [
        'provider' => 'client',
        'email' => 'auth.emails.password',
        'table' => 'password_resets',
        'expire' => 60,
    ],
    'admins' => [
        'provider' => 'admin',
        'email' => 'auth.emails.password',
        'table' => 'password_resets',
        'expire' => 60,
    ],
],  

route.php

Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
    //Login Routes...
    Route::get('/admin/login','AdminAuth\AuthController@showLoginForm');
    Route::post('/admin/login','AdminAuth\AuthController@login');
    Route::get('/admin/logout','AdminAuth\AuthController@logout');

    // Registration Routes...
    Route::get('admin/register', 'AdminAuth\AuthController@showRegistrationForm');
    Route::post('admin/register', 'AdminAuth\AuthController@register');

    Route::get('/admin', 'AdminController@index');

});  

AdminAuth/AuthController.php

Add two methods and specify $redirectTo and $guard

protected $redirectTo = '/admin';
protected $guard = 'admin';
public function showLoginForm()
{
    if (view()->exists('auth.authenticate')) {
        return view('auth.authenticate');
    }

    return view('admin.auth.login');
}
public function showRegistrationForm()
{
    return view('admin.auth.register');
}  

it will help you to open another login form for admin

creating a middleware for admin

class RedirectIfNotAdmin
{
/**
 * Handle an incoming request.
 *
 * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
 * @param  \Closure  $next
 * @param  string|null  $guard
 * @return mixed
 */
public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = 'admin')
{
    if (!Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
        return redirect('/');
    }

    return $next($request);
}

}

register middleware in kernel.php

 protected $routeMiddleware = [
    'admin' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfNotAdmin::class,
];

use this middleware in AdminController
e.g.,

middleware('admin');
}
public function index(){
return view('admin.dashboard');
}
}

That's all needed to make it working and also to get json of authenticated admin use
`Auth::guard('admin')->user()`

**Edit - 1**
We can access authenticated user directly using
`Auth::user()`
but if you have two authentication table then you have to use

Auth::guard('guard_name')->user()

for logout

Auth::guard('guard_name')->user()->logout()

for authenticated user json

Auth::guard('guard_name')->user()

##Edit 2
Now you can download Laravel 5.2 Multiauth implemented Project http://imrealashu.in/code/laravel/multi-auth-with-laravel-5-2-2/

I am trying to implement laravel 5.2 multiple authentication for user and admin . But authentication user provider[] is not defined error is given

I Think this will be helpful.
http://blog.sarav.co/multiple-authentication-in-laravel/

Why don't you give it a try using the built in user model and extending admin with it.

How to Create Multi Auth in Laravel 5.2

And what does this code mean Auth::guard('admin')->user() ?

In simple word, Auth::guard('admin')->user() is used when you need to get details of logged in user. But, in multi auth system, there can be two logged in users (admin/client). So you need to specify that which user you want to get. So by guard('admin'), you tell to get user from admin table.

Where must i type that code?

As from answer, you can understand that where must you use it. But still I can explain with example. Suppose there are multiple admins. Each can approve users request (like post/comments etc). So when an admin approve any request, then to insert id of that admin into approved_by column of post, you must use this line.

Multi auth for laravel 5.2 use middleware

Because on Laravel 5.2 the web middleware is automatically applied, your routes in routes.php are grouped with prefix App\Http\Controllers and web middleware. You can find this definition on mapWebRoutes() method of the RouteServiceProdiver.php.

Laravel 5.2 Multi Auth not loggin in

I found a github repo that solved my problem.
https://github.com/gregoryduckworth/laravel-multi-auth

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