How to Change Email to Username in Laravel Auth

In this example, we will see how to change email to username in laravel auth. For doing that, first of all we need a laravel default auth system. After making the auth system in laravel, we can implement login with username instead of email laravel 9. 

To do laravel 9 change email to username, laravel provides a convenient way. From the laravel LoginController, we can do laravel change email to username before login. Just add the username() method and return the username. That's it.

app/Http/Controller/Auth/LoginController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\AuthenticatesUsers;

class LoginController extends Controller
{
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Login Controller
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This controller handles authenticating users for the application and
    | redirecting them to your home screen. The controller uses a trait
    | to conveniently provide its functionality to your applications.
    |
    */

    use AuthenticatesUsers;

    /**
     * Where to redirect users after login.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $redirectTo = RouteServiceProvider::HOME;

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

    public function username()
    {
        return 'username';
    }
}

 

Now pass the username from your HTML form like:

<input id="username" type="text" class="form-control @error('username') is-invalid @enderror" name="username" value="{{ old('username') }}" required autocomplete="username" autofocus>

 

Read also: Laravel Passwordless Login | Login With Username In Laravel

 

Conclusion

Now we know how to change email to username in laravel auth. Hope this login with username instead of email laravel 9 tutorial will help you to custom login system with username in laravel application.