Laravel 5.7 - Verification email is not sent

Question

I've upgraded my laravel instance from version 5.6 to version 5.7. Now I try to use the built-in email verification from laravel.

My problem is that I don't get an email after successful registration when I use the "resend" function the email arrives.

What is the problem?

Answer 1

I had this exactly same problem. That is default code from Laravel.

In order to send the email after successful registration you can do this workaround:

at App\Http\Controllers\Auth\RegisterController

change this:

protected function create(array $data)
    {
        return User::create([
            'name' => $data['name'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
        ]);
    }

to this:

protected function create(array $data)
    {
        $user = User::create([
            'name' => $data['name'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
        ]);

        $user->sendEmailVerificationNotification();

        return $user;
    }

Answer 2

I also have had the same issue. As I checked the source code, it isn't necessary to implement to call the sendEmailVerificationNotfication() method, you just should add the event handler to your EventServiceProvider.php, as because of your event handler was previously created, so Larael can't update that. It should look like this:

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Registered;
use Illuminate\Auth\Listeners\SendEmailVerificationNotification;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\EventServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;

class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * The event listener mappings for the application.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $listen = [
        Registered::class => [
            SendEmailVerificationNotification::class,
        ],
    ];

Answer 3

If you have a custom registration page, you could just fire the event after you have created the user like so:

event(new Registered($user));

Answer 4

in case somebody else is looking for a solution for the same problem.

please read the documentation, it explains exactly what needs to be done to solve this issue

https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/verification

in a nutshell, and if you are already using 5.7 (i.e you have the necessary fields in your users table) all that you need to do is the following:

• make your User model implement the MustVerifyEmail interface.
• add ['verify' => true] to the Auth::routes method Auth::routes(['verify' => true]);

you can find everything you need about email verification in the link above.

Answer 5

In addition to djug's reply, if you experience the same problem after upgrading from version 5.6, just as I did, you'll find step-by-step guide what to implement here:

https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/upgrade

under the section Email Verification

Hope this helps someone as I was struggling quite some time with this.

Answer 6

I know this post is a bit on the older side but I had a similar issue with Laravel 7. I think Zane's answer above should be the accepted answer. Just to elaborate on that use the following steps. This should be done after installing the auth scaffolding with composer and php artisan. Note: I am by no means a Laravel pro. If there are any issues with my code PLEASE let me know. The more I learn the better I can be.

Prepare the User Model

---

Ensure your App\User model implements Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail:

<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;

class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
    use Notifiable;

    // ...
}

Setup Routes

---

In routes\web.php change this:

Auth::routes();

To this:

Auth::routes(['verify'=>true]);

After that you can specify which routes need a verified email address by either using middleware directly on a route like this:

Route::get('/profile','ProfileController@index')->middleware('verified');

or you can do it in the controller's constructor function like this:

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware(['auth','verified']);
}

Modified Register Controller

---

I'm using the following register controller code. Note the register function contains a call to the following:

event(new Registered($user));

This was the key to getting the initial registration email to send.

Register Controller

Keep in mind this controller was designed to work with a primarily ajax site, thus why the register function returns a json response.

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;

use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider;
use App\User;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Registered;
use Auth;

class RegisterController extends Controller
{
    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Register Controller
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This controller handles the registration of new users as well as their
    | validation and creation. By default this controller uses a trait to
    | provide this functionality without requiring any additional code.
    |
    */

    use RegistersUsers;

    /**
     * Where to redirect users after registration.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $redirectTo = RouteServiceProvider::HOME;

    /**
     * Create a new controller instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware('guest');
    }

    /**
     * Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
     */
    protected function validator(array $data)
    {
        return Validator::make($data, [
            'first_name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
            'last_name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
            'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'],
            'phone_number' => ['required', 'numeric', 'min:10'],
            'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8', 'confirmed'],
            'password_confirmation'=> ['required', 'string'],
        ]);
    }

    /**
     * Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
     *
     * @param  array  $data
     * @return \App\User
     */
    protected function create(array $data)
    {
        $user=User::create([
            'first_name' => $data['first_name'],
            'last_name' => $data['last_name'],
            'email' => $data['email'],
            'phone_number' => $data['phone_number'],
            'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
        ]);
        return $user;
    }

     /**
     * Execute registration and login the user
     *
     * @param  array  $request
     * @return response
     */
    public function register(Request $request)  {
        $validation = $this->validator($request->all());
        if ($validation->fails())  {
            return response()->json($validation->errors(),422);
        }
        else{
            $user = $this->create($request->all());
            event(new Registered($user));
            Auth::login($user);
            if (Auth::user()){
                return response()->json(['success'=>'Registration Successful']);
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 7

Make sure you have your From Email setup as most SMTP servers won't allow sending from any address. The env config for those are:

[email protected]
MAIL_FROM_NAME=Something