Laravel Customize Auth RegisterController Step By Step

In Laravel Default RegisterController located in Auth/RegisterController can be customized to to meet another requirement.

It use the user table of Laravel and not use any

e.g. : send the account activation mail with other detail



namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\User;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;

class RegisterController extends Controller
{
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Register Controller
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This controller handles the registration of new users as well as their
    | validation and creation. By default this controller uses a trait to
    | provide this functionality without requiring any additional code.
    |
    */

    use RegistersUsers;

    /**
     * Where to redirect users after registration.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $redirectTo = '/';

    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('guest');
    }

    /**
     * Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
     */
    protected function validator(array $data)
    {
        return Validator::make($data, [
            'name' => 'required|max:255',
            'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
            'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return User
     */
    protected function create(array $data)
    {
        return User::create([
            'name' => $data['name'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'password' => bcrypt($data['password']),
            'role_id' => 2
        ]);
    }
}

1.Create a copy of controller with different name  (testRegisterController)

2. Add  routing for page,The front end view will post to  /auth/testRegister URI in form Submit.

Route::post('/auth/testRegister',array('uses'=>'Auth\testRegisterController@create'));  // same Create method used

3.Change function create to create(Request $request)

4. change parameters to taken form request  values not from array.

'name' => $data['name'],  >>.  'name' => $request->input('name'),

5.Change return to required page you want.

return User::create([.....    >>.     . $this->redirectTo = '/testUrl'; return redirect('testUrl?testid='.$userId);