Using Middleware to Check Account Activation and Resend Activation E-mail

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Before proceed, you may want to follow up

1. Send Welcome Email Notification with Event and Listener and
2. Enable Account Activation in Order to Login to the System

Step 1

Create a middleware

php artisan make:middleware CheckActivationStatus

Step 2

Then register the middleware in app\Http\Kernel.php

protected $routeMiddleware = [
    'auth' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
    'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
    'bindings' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
    'can' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authorize::class,
    'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
    'throttle' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class,
    'active' => \App\Http\Middleware\CheckActivationStatus::class,
];

Step 3

Setup middleware in app\Http\Controllers\HomeController.php in it's constructor

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

Step 4

Open up app\Http\Middleware\CheckActivationStatus.php and add the following:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;

class CheckActivationStatus
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if (empty(auth()->user()->activated_at)) {
            auth()->logout();
            return redirect()->route('account.activation.request');
        }
        return $next($request);
    }
}

Step 5

Update your ActivationController by adding two more methods below:

    public function request()
    {
        return view('auth.activation');
    }

    public function resend()
    {
        $this->validate(request(), [
            'email' => 'required',
        ]);

        $user = User::where('email', request('email'))->first();
        $token = str_random(64);
        $user->activation_token = $token;
        $user->save();

        // send notification
        $user->notify(
            new SendActivationEmail($token)
        );

        return redirect()->route('account.activation.request')->with('notice', 'Please check your email for activation link');
    }

Step 6

Add a new Blade Template named auth/activation.blade.php

@extends('layouts.app')

@section('content')
<div class="container">
    <div class="row justify-content-center">
        <div class="col-md-8">
            <div class="card">
                <div class="card-header">{{ __('Account Activation') }}</div>

                <div class="card-body">
                    @if(isset($notice))
                        <div class="alert alert-warning">{{ $notice }}</div>
                    @endif
                    <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="POST" action="{{ route('account.activation.resend') }}">
                        {{ csrf_field() }}

                        <div class="form-group{{ $errors->has('email') ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
                            <label for="email" class="col-md-4 control-label">E-Mail Address</label>

                            <div class="col-md-6">
                                <input id="email" type="email" class="form-control" name="email" value="{{ old('email') }}" required autofocus>

                                @if ($errors->has('email'))
                                    <span class="help-block">
                                        <strong>{{ $errors->first('email') }}</strong>
                                    </span>
                                @endif
                            </div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="form-group">
                            <div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-4">
                                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
                                    Resend Activation E-mail
                                </button>

                                <a class="btn btn-link" href="{{ url('/password/reset') }}">
                                    Forgot Your Password?
                                </a>
                            </div>
                        </div>
                    </form>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
@endsection

Step 7

Lastly, you need to add the route for Activation request and activation request submission handler in routes/web.php

Route::get(
    'account/activation/request',
    'Auth\ActivationController@request'
)->name('account.activation.request');

Route::post(
    'account/resend/activation',
    'Auth\ActivationController@resend'
)->name('account.activation.resend');

Step 8

Now you may test the login using any accounts.