laravel/app/Http/Controllers/AuthController.php

<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\User;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;

use App\Http\Requests\LoginRequest;
use App\Http\Requests\RegisterRequest;

class AuthController extends Controller {

	/**
	 * The Guard implementation.
	 *
	 * @var Guard
	 */
	protected $auth;

	/**
	 * Create a new authentication controller instance.
	 *
	 * @param  Guard  $auth
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function __construct(Guard $auth)
	{
		$this->auth = $auth;

		$this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout']);
	}

	/**
	 * Show the application registration form.
	 *
	 * @return Response
	 */
	public function getRegister()
	{
		return view('auth.register');
	}

	/**
	 * Handle a registration request for the application.
	 *
	 * @param  RegisterRequest  $request
	 * @return Response
	 */
	public function postRegister(RegisterRequest $request)
	{
		$user = User::forceCreate([
			'name' => $request->name,
			'email' => $request->email,
			'password' => bcrypt($request->password),
		]);

		$this->auth->login($user);

		return redirect('/dashboard');
	}

	/**
	 * Show the application login form.
	 *
	 * @return Response
	 */
	public function getLogin()
	{
		return view('auth.login');
	}

	/**
	 * Handle a login request to the application.
	 *
	 * @param  LoginRequest  $request
	 * @return Response
	 */
	public function postLogin(LoginRequest $request)
	{
		if ($this->auth->attempt($request->only('email', 'password')))
		{
			return redirect('/dashboard');
		}

		return redirect('/auth/login')
					->withInput($request->only('email'))
					->withErrors([
						'email' => 'These credentials do not match our records.',
					]);
	}

	/**
	 * Log the user out of the application.
	 *
	 * @return Response
	 */
	public function getLogout()
	{
		$this->auth->logout();

		return redirect('/');
	}

}