# Email Verification - [Introduction](#introduction) - [Database Considerations](#verification-database) - [Routing](#verification-routing) - [Protecting Routes](#protecting-routes) - [Views](#verification-views) - [After Verifying Emails](#after-verifying-emails) - [Events](#events) <a name="introduction"></a> ## Introduction Many web applications require users to verify their email addresses before using the application. Rather than forcing you to re-implement this on each application, Laravel provides convenient methods for sending and verifying email verification requests. ### Model Preparation To get started, verify that your `App\User` model implements the `Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail` contract: <?php namespace App; use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail; use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable; use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable; class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail { use Notifiable; // ... } <a name="verification-database"></a> ## Database Considerations #### The Email Verification Column Next, your `user` table must contain an `email_verified_at` column to store the date and time that the email address was verified. By default, the `users` table migration included with the Laravel framework already includes this column. So, all you need to do is run your database migrations: php artisan migrate <a name="verification-routing"></a> ## Routing Laravel includes the `Auth\VerificationController` class that contains the necessary logic to send verification links and verify emails. To register the necessary routes for this controller, pass the `verify` option to the `Auth::routes` method: Auth::routes(['verify' => true]); <a name="protecting-routes"></a> ### Protecting Routes [Route middleware](/docs/{{version}}/middleware) can be used to only allow verified users to access a given route. Laravel ships with a `verified` middleware, which is defined at `Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\EnsureEmailIsVerified`. Since this middleware is already registered in your application's HTTP kernel, all you need to do is attach the middleware to a route definition: Route::get('profile', function () { // Only verified users may enter... })->middleware('verified'); <a name="verification-views"></a> ## Views To generate all of the necessary view for email verification, you may use the `laravel/ui` Composer package: composer require laravel/ui --dev php artisan ui vue --auth The email verification view is placed in `resources/views/auth/verify.blade.php`. You are free to customize this view as needed for your application. <a name="after-verifying-emails"></a> ## After Verifying Emails After an email address is verified, the user will automatically be redirected to `/home`. You can customize the post verification redirect location by defining a `redirectTo` method or property on the `VerificationController`: protected $redirectTo = '/dashboard'; <a name="events"></a> ## Events Laravel dispatches [events](/docs/{{version}}/events) during the email verification process. You may attach listeners to these events in your `EventServiceProvider`: /** * The event listener mappings for the application. * * @var array */ protected $listen = [ 'Illuminate\Auth\Events\Verified' => [ 'App\Listeners\LogVerifiedUser', ], ];