Laravel 9 Custom Email Verification Tutorial

1. Create a new Laravel project using the following command: composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel my_project
2. Run the database migrations using the following command: php artisan migrate
3. Create a new middleware using the following command: php artisan make:middleware EmailVerified
4. Open the EmailVerified middleware in the app/Http/Middleware directory and add the following code:

php
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
    if (!$request->user()->email_verified_at) {
        return redirect()->route('verification.notice');
    }

    return $next($request);
}

5. Create a new controller using the following command: php artisan make:controller VerificationController
6. Open the VerificationController in the app/Http/Controllers directory and add the following code:

csharp
public function notice()
{
    return view('verification.notice');
}

7. Create a new view using the following command: php artisan make:view verification.notice
8. Open the view file in the resources/views/verification directory and add the following code:

css
<h1>Please verify your email address</h1>

9. Add a new route in the routes/web.php file:

css
Route::middleware(['auth', 'email_verified'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/dashboard', function () {
        return view('dashboard');
    });
});

Route::middleware(['auth'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('email/verify', 'VerificationController@notice')->name('verification.notice');
});

10. Add the middleware to the $routeMiddleware property in the app/Http/Kernel.php file:

php
protected $routeMiddleware = [
    // ...
    'email_verified' => \App\Http\Middleware\EmailVerified::class,
];

11. Finally, add the email verification logic to the registration process in the register method of the Auth\RegisterController class.

This tutorial should give you a good starting point for creating custom email verification in Laravel 9. Keep in mind that you may need to make additional modifications to meet your specific requirements.