* if (Auth::check())
* {
* // The user is logged in...
* }
*
*
* @return bool
* @see login
*/
public static function check()
{
return ( ! is_null(static::user()));
}
/**
* Get the current user of the application.
*
* To retrieve the user, the user ID stored in the session will be passed to
* the "by_id" closure in the authentication configuration file. The result
* of the closure will be cached and returned.
*
*
* $email = Auth::user()->email;
*
*
* @return object
* @see $user
*/
public static function user()
{
if (is_null(static::$user) and Session::has(static::$key))
{
static::$user = call_user_func(Config::get('auth.by_id'), Session::get(static::$key));
}
return static::$user;
}
/**
* Attempt to login a user.
*
* If the user credentials are valid. The user ID will be stored in the session
* and will be considered "logged in" on subsequent requests to the application.
*
* The password passed to the method should be plain text, as it will be hashed
* by the Hash class when authenticating.
*
*
* if (Auth::login('test@gmail.com', 'secret'))
* {
* // The credentials are valid...
* }
*
*
* @param string $username
* @param string $password
* @return bool
* @see Hash::check()
*/
public static function login($username, $password)
{
if ( ! is_null($user = call_user_func(Config::get('auth.by_username'), $username)))
{
if (Hash::check($password, $user->password))
{
static::remember($user);
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
/**
* Login a user without checking any credentials.
*
* This is helpful for logging in a user after a fresh registration.
*
* Note: The user given to this method should be an object having a "id" property.
*
* @param object $user
* @return void
*/
public static function remember($user)
{
static::$user = $user;
Session::put(static::$key, $user->id);
}
/**
* Log the user out of the application.
*
* The user ID will be removed from the session and the user will no longer
* be considered logged in on subsequent requests.
*
* @return void
*/
public static function logout()
{
Session::forget(static::$key);
static::$user = null;
}
}