How to match input password and database hash password in laravel 4

Question

How to authenticate a user password from a given request in Laravel? How is the password checked against the password hash stored in the database?

Answer 1

First, you'll need to find the User who is logging in based on email address or username or however you identify them, for example:

$user = User::where('email', '=', '[email protected]')->first(); 

Then, you'll need to CHECK the hashed password, like so:

Hash::check('INPUT PASSWORD', $user->password); 

This will return true or false based on whether or not the password matches.