How to Implement Email Verification in Laravel?

In this post, I will show you how to implement email verification in laravel application. we will install laravel ui and then enable email verification in laravel project.

Laravel UI offers a basic setup for user authentication, including email verification. When a user registers, an email with a verification link is automatically sent. The user must verify their email to complete the process. We will also provide a page where they can request a resend verification email if needed. Follow these steps to set up the example.

Step 1: Install Laravel 11

This step is not required; however, if you have not created the Laravel app, then you may go ahead and execute the below command:

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

Step 2: Create Auth using Scaffold

Now, in this step, we will create an auth scaffold command to generate login, register, and dashboard functionalities. So, run the following commands:

Laravel 11 UI Package:

composer require laravel/ui 

Generate Auth:

php artisan ui bootstrap --auth 

npm install

npm run build

Step 3: Update User Model

Now, we need to uncomment the Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail namespace and use the MustVerifyEmail interface. Let’s do this in the User model file.

app/Models/User.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;

class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
    /** @use HasFactory */
    use HasFactory, Notifiable;

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'name',
        'email',
        'password',
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for serialization.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'password',
        'remember_token',
    ];

    /**
     * Get the attributes that should be cast.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    protected function casts(): array
    {
        return [
            'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
            'password' => 'hashed',
        ];
    }
}

Step 4: Enable the Email Verify Route

Here, you need to enable the email verification routes. You also need to add middleware to home route. Let us update the route file.

app/Models/User.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

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

Route::get('/home', [App\Http\Controllers\HomeController::class, 'index'])->name('home')->middleware("verified");

Now, you can see the route list as the below screenshot:

Step 5: Email Configuration

Here, you need to add your email settings in the .env file. If you're unsure how to configure Gmail SMTP, you can click here for instructions.

.env

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=465
MAIL_USERNAME=hardiksavani02@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=...
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="hardiksavani02@gmail.com"
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

Run Laravel:

All the required steps have been done, now you have to type the given below command and hit enter to run the Laravel app:

php artisan serve

Now, Go to your web browser, type the given URL and view the app output:

http://localhost:8000/

Now, you have one admin user and you can register new normal user and check it.

I hope it can help you...