Backpack for Laravel - Permissionmanager: Can't create new user

Question

I have the following problem. I am using Backpack for Laravel with the PermissionManager Extension. By default, you have to log in via your email address. However, you can change that to log in with a username. Works fine if I (for example) seed the database. But for some strange reason, I can not create new users via the PermissionManager PermissionManager Extension . If I try the following error message is the result:

SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1364 Field 'name' doesn't have a default value (SQL: insert into users ( updated_at , created_at ) values (2018-11-29 22:26:32, 2018-11-29 22:26:32))

Just for testing, I gave the name column a default value, but the error message is the same, except the error now is:

Field 'username' doesn't have a default value.

It just takes the next column in my database.

Of course, I've changed the CRUD-Requests, Form-Requests and so on, to store a username instead of an email. But it looks like the Request doesn't get my form values. It only tries to store the timestamps.

Strange thing: If I reverse all I did in the Controllers and so on and create an email column again, it will just work fine... did I overlook something? How can I solve this error and store users with a username instead of an email?

Edit:

This is even odder... The data gets posted.

After taking a really close look at the error messages I found the following: As you can see, the array with my filled in data is still here. However, in the next instance, the parameters array is completely empty as well as the $instance array.

Answer 1

Step 1: In order to using username you have to edit app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController and add a new method called username

public function username(){
    return 'username';
}

Step 2: In User model make sure you use AuthenticatesUsers trait and add username field in fillable array. Step 3: Make sure in app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController you add the username validation and add username field in create method.

protected function create(array $data)
{
    return User::create([
        'name' => $data['name'],
        'username' => $data['username'],
        'email'    => $data['email'],
        'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
    ]);
}

That's all. Hope it will solve your problem.

Answer 2

When this issue happened for me, I think I caused it by running php artisan vendor:publish instead of following the instructions and running php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Backpack\\PermissionManager\\PermissionManagerServiceProvider first.

My config/laravel-permission.php file didn't just have the permission and user models incorrect, but the entire file was spatie's version instead of Laravel Backpack's version. My guess is that spatie's vendor:publish register typically runs before Laravel Backpack PermissionManager's.

Answer 3

Never used this package before but I reviewed this package's files from github for solving your problem, i saw some thing in the UserCrudController.php file. The file provides default user CRUD operations. The create and update form items define via setup method in this controller. But i don't see any define for username field.

as I understand it, your user table has a username and in your model $fillable variable contains username and the user create/update form does not post username field to controller.

Can you try define username form element in to UserCrudController.php file for username , or remove username attribute from $fillable in your model.

I hope these solve your problem.