Laravel 8 Custom Email Verification System

In this tutorial you will learn about the Laravel 8 Custom Email Verification System and its application with practical example.

In this Laravel 8 Custom Email Verification System Tutorial I will show you how to implement custom email verification for newly registered users in laravel. In this tutorial you will learn to enable custom email verification for account activation in laravel. Laravel comes with built-in email verification system for newly registered user. Using this, newly registered user will get an email with an account activation link. This activation link is used for account verification. When activation link is clicked, this will make user account verified and active for the application. Once user account is activated then it will be allowed to access protected routes; which can be accessible only by verified accounts.

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Laravel 8 Custom Email Verification System

In this step by step tutorial, we’ll show you how to setup custom email verification system for newly registered user in laravel. Please follow the instruction given below:

Step 1 – Install Laravel 8 App

Step 2 – Configuration Database and Email
Step 3 – Install Laravel UI
Step 4 – Install Bootstrap Auth Scaffolding

Step 5 – Install Npm Packages
Step 6 – Run PHP artisan Migrate
Step 7 – Configure Model, Route And Controller

Step 8 – Run Development Server

Step 1 – Install Laravel 8 App

First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel using the below command

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel Demo

1	composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel Demo

Step 2 – Configuration Database and Email

Now, lets create a MySQL database and connect it with laravel application. After creating database we need to set database credential in application’s .env file.

 DB_CONNECTION=mysql 
 DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 
 DB_PORT=3306 
 DB_DATABASE=here your database name here
 DB_USERNAME=here database username here
 DB_PASSWORD=here database password here

DB_CONNECTION=mysql

DB_HOST=127.0.0.1

DB_PORT=3306

DB_DATABASE=here your database name here

DB_USERNAME=here database username here

DB_PASSWORD=here database password here

Now we will setup SMTP credential in .env to send emails. We are using mailtrap SMTP credential in this example.

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
 MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
 MAIL_PORT=2525
 MAIL_USERNAME=your_mailtrap_user_name
 MAIL_PASSWORD=your_mailtrap_user_password
 MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp

MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io

MAIL_PORT=2525

MAIL_USERNAME=your_mailtrap_user_name

MAIL_PASSWORD=your_mailtrap_user_password

MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

Step 3 – Install Laravel UI

In this step we will install laravel ui package using following command:

composer require laravel/ui

1	composer require laravel/ui

Step 4 – Install Bootstrap Auth Scaffolding

Now we need to enable bootstrap authentication scaffolding in laravel.

php artisan ui bootstrap --auth

1	php artisan ui bootstrap --auth

Step 5 – Install Npm Packages

Now we will instal npm dependencies using following command:

npm install

1	npm install

Then type the following command on cmd to run npm:

npm run dev

1	npm run dev

Step 6 – Run php artisan Migrate

Now, run the migration to create database table using following artisan command:

php artisan migrate

1	php artisan migrate

Step 7 – Configure Model, Route And Controller

Visit app/Models and open User.php file and add the following code into it:

<?php
 
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;
 
class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
    use HasFactory, Notifiable;
 
    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name',
        'email',
        'password',
    ];
 
    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'password',
        'remember_token',
    ];
 
    /**
     * The attributes that should be cast to native types.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $casts = [
        'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
    ];
}

<?php

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;

class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail

{

use HasFactory, Notifiable;

/**

* The attributes that are mass assignable.

* @var array

protected $fillable = [

'name',

'email',

'password',

];

/**

* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.

* @var array

protected $hidden = [

'password',

'remember_token',

];

/**

* The attributes that should be cast to native types.

* @var array

protected $casts = [

'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',

];

}

Then visit routes directory and open web.php and add the following rotues into it:

Auth::routes([‘verify’ => true]); Route::get(‘/home’, [App\Http\Controllers\HomeController::class, ‘index’])->name(‘home’);

1	Auth::routes([‘verify’ => true]); Route::get(‘/home’, [App\Http\Controllers\HomeController::class, ‘index’])->name(‘home’);

Aftert that, visit app/Http/Controllers and open HomeController.php and add the following code into it:

<?php
 
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
class HomeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware(['auth','verified']);
    }
 
    /**
     * Show the application dashboard.
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Renderable
     */
    public function index()
    {
        return view('home');
    }
}

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class HomeController extends Controller

{

/**

* Create a new controller instance.

* @return void

public function __construct()

{

$this->middleware(['auth','verified']);

}

/**

* Show the application dashboard.

* @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Renderable

public function index()

{

return view('home');

}

Step 8 – Run Development Server

Now we are ready to run our example so lets start the development server using following artisan command –

php artisan serve

1	php artisan serve

Now, open the following URL in browser to see the output –

http://127.0.0.1:8000/

1	http://127.0.0.1:8000/

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