John Davidson

Message:

As I know Auth::attempt is used to authenticate users from users table, but i want to authenticate another users from students table and teachers from teachers table. How to create multiple authentication for different users? I'm new in laravel api's

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My Answer:
In Laravel, you can create multiple authentication guards to authenticate users from different tables. Here's how you can achieve this in Laravel 8 API:

1. Define new guards in `config/auth.php` file:

php
'guards' => [
'web' => [
'driver' => 'session',
'provider' => 'users',
],

'api' => [
'driver' => 'token',
'provider' => 'users',
],

'student' => [
'driver' => 'token',
'provider' => 'students',
],

'teacher' => [
'driver' => 'token',
'provider' => 'teachers',
],
],


2. Define new providers in `config/auth.php` file:

php
'providers' => [
'users' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\Models\User::class,
],

'students' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\Models\Student::class,
],

'teachers' => [
'driver' => 'eloquent',
'model' => App\Models\Teacher::class,
],
],


3. Use the `auth` middleware with the desired guard in your routes:

php
Route::middleware('auth:student')->get('/student', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user();
});

Route::middleware('auth:teacher')->get('/teacher', function (Request $request) {
return $request->user();
});


4. Authenticate users using the desired guard in your controller:

php
if (Auth::guard('student')->attempt($credentials)) {
// Authentication passed for student
}

if (Auth::guard('teacher')->attempt($credentials)) {
// Authentication passed for teacher
}


By following these steps, you can authenticate users from different tables using multiple guards in Laravel 8 API.