Laravel 5.2 Auth Flash Message

depends purhaps you have a header/footer partial that is only included within authorised pages, and not included with in your log in page or fail etc something like that, that why its a generic flash message container , and will then be used to pick up any flash messages set?

Thanks for the reply simondavies. I have a partial set up already that displays the message if one exists and this partial is included in my layouts page The question I have is how to setup the message during the login process when there is a successful login attempt.

Take a look at jeffrey's flash package: https://github.com/laracasts/flash

You can add a function to the AuthController called authenticated and it will be called after a successful login

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php;

// somewhere in controller

public function authenticated($request, $user)
{
    flash('Welcome back ' . $user->name . ', you have been logged in');
}

Thanks Snapey. I will give it a try. BTW, is this documented anywhere that I should have known? Or just a gem that you discovered? Are there other functions that can be added to AuthController that are automatically called?

it's not documented to my knowledge but if you examine the file AuthenticatesUsers.php , Taylor has slipped in things like this where the login process checks for the existence of a method and if so, calls it.

Thanks I will give a good run through!

So oddly enough, I added the method to the AuthController.php file and it worked as expected. That said, I do not have an AuthenticatesUsers.php file in my vendor/laravel/framework/auth directory. Perhaps it exists elsewhere?

Edit.... Disregard. I found it. Thanks again.

@Snapey imho, this function would lead you into a WSOD because it has no redirect. This worked for me:

public function authenticated($request, $user)
{
    $welcome = trans('messages.flash.authenticated', ['name' => $user->uname]);
    Flash::info($welcome);

    return redirect()->intended($this->redirectPath());
}       

Flash::info is part of the laracasts/flash package

@dustypaws good catch.