Make Laravel Model Authenticatable

Question

I want a different Model the be able to login too.

The name of the Model is Client.

So this is added this to auth.php config:

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

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

    'clients' => [
        'driver' => 'eloquent',
        'model' => App\Models\Client::class,
    ],
],

And expected that this should work: Auth::guard('client')->loginUsingId($client->id, true);

But this doesn't show any Authenticated Client: return Auth::guard('client')->user();

What am I missing?

Routes are like this:

Route::group(['middleware' => ['auth:client']], function () {     
   Route::get('my-orders', [OrderController::class, 'index']); //goes to login route });

This is the login code:

Auth::guard('client')->loginUsingId($client->id, true); 
ray(['Auth' => Auth::guard('client')->user()]); // Shows correct Auth
return redirect()->to("/{$locale}/my-orders"); // Re-redirects to Login route

Answer 1

If you're using auth in another model you have to use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable interface and Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable trait

Example

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Auth\Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable as AuthenticatableContract;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Client extends Model implements AuthenticatableContract
{
    use Authenticatable;

}

then

php artisan config:cache

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after that, these will work

Auth::guard('client')->loginUsingId($client->id, true)
Auth::guard('client')->user()

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Make sure you've required columns email or username and password and remember_token

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Edit 01

In redirectIfAuthenticated(located in app/Http/Middleware/RedirectIfAuthenticated.php)

add this

public function handle($request, Closure $next, ...$guards)
{
    $guards = empty($guards) ? [null] : $guards;

    foreach ($guards as $guard) {
        if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
            switch ($guard) {
                case 'client':
                    return redirect(route('client.dashboard'));
                default:
                    return redirect(RouteServiceProvider::HOME);
            }
        }
    }

    return $next($request);
}

Updating middleware to be aware of the new guard.