laravel 5 how to pass data to controller to model

Question

I am new for Laravel 5 and learning. Now I have created login form and I want to check if user is valid(match user from table) and take some action.

Right now I am getting all form data from controller (AdminLoginController.php). Now I don't know how to pass to model for check if user is exists or not.

view (login.blade.php)

//I have used this form action {{ URL::to('administrator/userAuthentication') }}

<form name="frmLogin" action="{{ URL::to('administrator/userAuthentication') }}" method="post">
    <input name="_token" type="hidden" value="{{ csrf_token() }}"/>
    <div class="form-group has-feedback">
        <input type="text" name="username" id="username"class="form-control" placeholder="Username">
        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-envelope form-control-feedback"></span>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group has-feedback">
        <input type="password" name="password" id="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password">
        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-lock form-control-feedback"></span>
    </div>
    <div class="row">
        <?php /*<div class="col-xs-8">
            <div class="checkbox icheck">
                <label>
                    <input type="checkbox"> Remember Me
                </label>
            </div>
        </div><!-- /.col -->*/ ?>
        <div class="col-xs-4">
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-block btn-flat">Login</button>
        </div><!-- /.col -->
    </div>
</form>

controller (AdminLoginController.php)

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class AdminLoginController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Handle an authentication attempt for admin user.
     *
     * @return Response
     */
    public function userAuthentication(Request $request)
    {
        echo "<pre>";
            return $request;
        echo "</pre>";
    }
}

model (AdminLoginModel.php)

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class AdminLoginModel extends Model
{

    public function checkAuthentication()
    {
        // code
    }

}

I don't know I am doing right way or not so need your suggestion.

Thanks.

Solution

You can simply pass parameters to your models. In your controller:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

use App\AdminLoginModel;

class AdminLoginController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Handle an authentication attempt for admin user.
     *
     * @return Response
     */
    public function userAuthentication(Request $request)
    {
        $admin_model = new AdminLoginModel();
        $admin_model->checkAuthentication($request);
    }
}

In your model:

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class AdminLoginModel extends Model
{

    public function checkAuthentication($request)
    {
        // Do something with $request
        $request->input('username');
    }

}

Comments

[ciruvan]

This is not an answer to OP's question, just you telling OP to go look somewhere else for an answer.

[Pedram marandi]

I suggested laravel documents :) question is so newbe so need to learn documentation at first. @dinsdale

[Iamzozo]

But as Pedram marandi suggested, checkout the docs: laravel.com/docs/5.1/authentication. First the docs seems overhelming, but checkout the basics and authentication in services

[Mr.Happy]

Thanks I will check laravel docs but can you please tell me that my coding style is proper or not for laravel?

[Iamzozo]

Yes, I think it's proper! :)