Laravel Auth::attempt() always false?

Question

I recently started learning Laravel (PHP MVC framework) and I've been having a lot of issues with Authenticating a user with: Auth::attempt($credentials).

I'll put my code snippets below. In my mySQL database I have a record with the following key=>values: id=>1, username=>'admin', password=>'admin', created_at=>0000-00-00 00:00:00, updated_at=>0000-00-00 00:00:00

The Validator passes, but the Auth:attempt always fails.

If the code below and my little explanation isn't enough, please let me know! :-)

Routes.php:

Route::get('login', 'AuthController@showLogin');
Route::post('login', 'AuthController@postLogin');

AuthController:

public function showLogin(){

    if(Auth::check()){
        //Redirect to their home page
    }
    //Not logged in
    return View::make('auth/login');
}

public function postLogin(){

    $userData = array(
        'username' => Input::get('username'),
        'password' => Input::get('password')
    );

    $reqs = array(
        'username' => 'Required',
        'password' => 'Required'
    );

    $validator = Validator::make($userData, $reqs);

    if($validator->passes() && Auth::attempt($userData)){
        return Redirect::to('home');
    }
    return Redirect::to('login')->withInput(Input::except('password'));
}

Answer 1

I believe the attempt() method will hash the password that is sent in. Seeing as your DB entry's password is 'admin' in plaintext, that would fail. Save your password with Hash::make($password); and i believe your problem should be solved.