How To Enable Email Verification Functionality in Laravel 5.7

The way to enable email verification functionality in Laravel (>= 5.7) is as follows:

1. Model User preparation

Implement the MustVerifyEmail contract.

app/User.php

class User extends Authenticatable 

change to:

class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail

2. Database table field

Table users must contain an email_varified_at column.

3. Routing

Add verify option to the Auth::routes method in order to activate the Auth\VerificationController.

app/routes/web.php

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

4. .env configuration

Check the .env file configuration.

5. Default mail host: using Mailtrap.io as mail host

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=xxx
MAIL_PASSWORD=xxx
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

Option 1: using Google Mail SMTP server as mail host:

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=xxxxxxx@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=xxxxxxxxxx
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

Note: The “low security application access” of your Google account must be enable.
And Google will send you a notice and suggest not to enable it for security reason.

Option 2: using Mailgun

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailgun.org
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=xxxxxxx@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=xxxxxxxxx
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

Note: Need to join a pay plan.

6. Views

Make sure app/resources/views/auth/verify.blade.php exists.

7. Where to Redirect after verifying Emails

We can modify the route in VerificationController.

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/VerificationController.php

protected $redirectTo = '/home';