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Namika.L
Namika.L

Reputation: 53

Laravel how to insert random password automatically

With Laravel 5.4, I have users table

Users table:
- id
- email
- password
- created_at
- updated_at

then when I insert new user data, I want to generate random password (like 9c41Mr2) automatically.

For example, once I insert one data:

$data = [
    'email' => '[email protected]',
];

DB::table('users')->insert($data);

I want new row in MySQL like this:

id: 1 (generated by autoincrement)
email: [email protected]
password: 9c41Mr2 (wow! automatic!)
created_at: 2017-06-14 01:00:00
updated_at: 2017-06-14 01:00:00

so, could anyone tell me the best way in Laravel? Thanks.

PS: don't worry about password hashing, I made my question simple.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 33042

Answers (5)

Mathieu Ferre
Mathieu Ferre

Reputation: 4412

In your User model :

public function setpasswordAttribute($value)
{
    $this->attributes['password'] = Hash::make(Str::random(10));
}

Upvotes: 10

Tofandel
Tofandel

Reputation: 3575

All the other answers require that the password mutator be called explicitly (by either passing an empty password in the model attributes or by calling $user->password = '';

This would fail to insert if password wasn't in the attributes list, this is the needed code for it to be generated if password isn't filled

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

class User extends Model {

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

    public function save( array $options = [] ) {
        if ( ! $this->exists && empty( $this->getAttribute( 'password' ) ) ) {
            $this->password = Str::random( 16 );
        }
        return parent::save( $options );
    }

    public function setPasswordAttribute( $value ) {
        if ( ! empty( $value ) ) {
            $this->attributes['password'] = Hash::make( $value );
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

ejntaylor
ejntaylor

Reputation: 2101

@Mathieu answer needs amending in light of some new changes to Laravel. Now generate the password using the following facades:

Hash::make(Str::random(10))

eg.

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

public function setpasswordAttribute($value)
{
    $this->attributes['password'] = Hash::make(Str::random(10));
}

Upvotes: 13

Gabriel Caruso
Gabriel Caruso

Reputation: 869

In simple case, just use a Mutator for your password, but, if your application grows up, it's considered to use Observers

Upvotes: 0

user320487
user320487

Reputation:

Use a mutator method to set the password. Override the method by adding:

public function setPasswordAttribute($value)
{
    $this->attributes['password'] = 'some random password generator';
}

see the documentation here:

https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/eloquent-mutators#defining-a-mutator

You don't need to use the $value parameter at all when setting the attribute.

Upvotes: 1

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