Laravel Doesn't Use the Right Table

Question

Laravel picks the wrong table, the users table. I have switched the table in config/auth to the correct one but for some reason, Laravel still uses the default users table.

Code

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;

class UserLoginController extends Controller
{
    protected $table = 'pupil';

    public function showLoginForm()
    {
        return view('home');
    }

    public function login(Request $request)
    {
        $this->validate($request, [
            'user' => 'required',
            'password' => 'required|min:3'
        ]);

        $user = User::where('accountName', $request->user)
            ->where('password', $request->password)
            ->first();

        if ($user) {
            Auth::login($user);
            return redirect()->route('neue_anmeldung');
        }

        return redirect()->back()->withInput('email');
    }
}

I get the following error message.

SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'database1.users' doesn't exist (SQL: select * from users where accountName = 6001 and password = password limit 1)

Answer 1

Your User model is configured to use the users table. You have defined the table in your controller which is wrong. You need to define the property protected $table = 'pupil'; in your App\User.php