Scaffold authentication as default example.

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/AuthController.php

+<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticator;
+
+use App\Http\Requests\Auth\LoginRequest;
+use App\Http\Requests\Auth\RegisterRequest;
+
+/**
+ * @Middleware("csrf")
+ * @Middleware("guest", except={"logout"})
+ */
+class AuthController {
+
+	/**
+	 * The authenticator implementation.
+	 *
+	 * @var Authenticator
+	 */
+	protected $auth;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new authentication controller instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param  Authenticator  $auth
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function __construct(Authenticator $auth)
+	{
+		$this->auth = $auth;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Show the application registration form.
+	 *
+	 * @Get("auth/register")
+	 *
+	 * @return Response
+	 */
+	public function showRegistrationForm()
+	{
+		return view('auth.register');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Handle a registration request for the application.
+	 *
+	 * @Post("auth/register")
+	 *
+	 * @param  RegisterRequest  $request
+	 * @return Response
+	 */
+	public function register(RegisterRequest $request)
+	{
+		// Registration form is valid, create user...
+
+		$this->auth->login($user);
+
+		return redirect('/');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Show the application login form.
+	 *
+	 * @Get("auth/login")
+	 *
+	 * @return Response
+	 */
+	public function showLoginForm()
+	{
+		return view('auth.login');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Handle a login request to the application.
+	 *
+	 * @Post("auth/login")
+	 *
+	 * @param  LoginRequest  $request
+	 * @return Response
+	 */
+	public function login(LoginRequest $request)
+	{
+		if ($this->auth->attempt($request->only('email', 'password')))
+		{
+			return redirect('/');
+		}
+
+		return redirect('/login')->withErrors([
+			'email' => 'The credentials you entered did not match our records. Try again?',
+		]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Log the user out of the application.
+	 *
+	 * @Get("auth/logout")
+	 *
+	 * @return Response
+	 */
+	public function logout()
+	{
+		$this->auth->logout();
+
+		return redirect('/');
+	}
+
+}

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RemindersController.php

+<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
+
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\PasswordBroker;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
+
+/**
+ * @Middleware("csrf")
+ * @Middleware("guest")
+ */
+class RemindersController {
+
+	/**
+	 * The password reminder implementation.
+	 *
+	 * @var PasswordBroker
+	 */
+	protected $passwords;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new password reminder controller instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param  PasswordBroker  $passwords
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function __construct(PasswordBroker $passwords)
+	{
+		$this->passwords = $passwords;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Display the password reminder view.
+	 *
+	 * @Get("password/remind")
+	 *
+	 * @return Response
+	 */
+	public function showReminderForm()
+	{
+		return view('password.remind');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Handle a POST request to remind a user of their password.
+	 *
+	 * @Post("password/remind")
+	 *
+	 * @param  Request  $request
+	 * @return Response
+	 */
+	public function sendPasswordResetEmail(Request $request)
+	{
+		switch ($response = $this->passwords->remind($request->only('email')))
+		{
+			case PasswordBroker::INVALID_USER:
+				return redirect()->back()->with('error', trans($response));
+
+			case PasswordBroker::REMINDER_SENT:
+				return redirect()->back()->with('status', trans($response));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Display the password reset view for the given token.
+	 *
+	 * @Get("password/reset")
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $token
+	 * @return Response
+	 */
+	public function showPasswordResetForm($token = null)
+	{
+		if (is_null($token))
+		{
+			throw new NotFoundHttpException;
+		}
+
+		return view('password.reset')->with('token', $token);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Handle a POST request to reset a user's password.
+	 *
+	 * @Post("password/reset")
+	 *
+	 * @param  Request  $request
+	 * @return Response
+	 */
+	public function resetPassword(Request $request)
+	{
+		$credentials = $request->only(
+			'email', 'password', 'password_confirmation', 'token'
+		);
+
+		$response = $this->passwords->reset($credentials, function($user, $password)
+		{
+			$user->password = bcrypt($password);
+
+			$user->save();
+		});
+
+		switch ($response)
+		{
+			case PasswordBroker::INVALID_PASSWORD:
+			case PasswordBroker::INVALID_TOKEN:
+			case PasswordBroker::INVALID_USER:
+				return redirect()->back()->with('error', trans($response));
+
+			case PasswordBroker::PASSWORD_RESET:
+				return redirect()->to('/');
+		}
+	}
+
+}

app/Http/Requests/Auth/LoginRequest.php

+<?php namespace App\Http\Requests\Auth;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class LoginRequest extends FormRequest {
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function rules()
+	{
+		return [
+			'email' => 'required', 'password' => 'required',
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function authorize()
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+}

app/Http/Requests/Auth/RegisterRequest.php

+<?php namespace App\Http\Requests\Auth;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class RegisterRequest extends FormRequest {
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function rules()
+	{
+		return [
+			'email' => 'required|email|unique:users',
+			'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:8',
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function authorize()
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+}

database/migrations/2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table.php

+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class CreateUsersTable extends Migration {
+
+	/**
+	 * Run the migrations.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function up()
+	{
+		Schema::create('users', function(Blueprint $table)
+		{
+			$table->increments('id');
+			$table->string('email')->unique();
+			$table->string('password', 60);
+			$table->timestamps();
+		});
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reverse the migrations.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function down()
+	{
+		Schema::drop('users');
+	}
+
+}

database/migrations/2014_10_12_100000_create_password_reminders_table.php

+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class CreatePasswordRemindersTable extends Migration {
+
+	/**
+	 * Run the migrations.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function up()
+	{
+		Schema::create('password_reminders', function(Blueprint $table)
+		{
+			$table->string('email')->index();
+			$table->string('token')->index();
+			$table->timestamp('created_at');
+		});
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reverse the migrations.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function down()
+	{
+		Schema::drop('password_reminders');
+	}
+
+}