backpack table users

[soluzione-software]

I would like to differentiate backpack users from front end users.
leave the front end users in the users table while the backend ones in a new admin table. how can I do?

[promatik]

Hi @soluzione-software!

There is many approaches you can take here.

1) Different guard names

Usually developers keep the users in the same table, using the same App\Models\User, but using a different guard name.
Backpack uses by default the guard name 'backpack', you can check this configuration at config\backpack\base.php » guard.
You can have a different guard name, usually web (it's the default on Laravel) for the web users.
Everything works the same way, login, regist and so on, but when setting the roles and permissions, you set the different guard name. Web users will never be able to see the admin panel.

2) Separate users in many tables
Besides different guard names, you can separate users in different tables. For this you must create a new user Model, and use different models for admins and web users.
Backpack allows you to set the user model class at config\backpack\base.php » user_model_fqn, so you can either change Backpack users to App\Model\Admin::class, or create a new one for the web users.
I would create a new one for the Admin, and that new Admin::class would extend the User::class. Changing just what is needed, like the $table = 'admins'.

Also, take a look at configs\auth.php, you may want to organize your guards and providers there.

[soluzione-software]

Thank you for your answer.
I have another question; I am using [Laravel-Backpack/PermissionManager] and after doing the separate of table the method user()->can('...') seems to return false every time, why?

[promatik]

@soluzione-software you have more information about multiple guards on spatie laravel-permission docs: https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-permission/v5/basic-usage/multiple-guards 👌

Make sure about;

1. your user()->can('...') is being applied to the correct guard, if you pass nothing, it will be applied to the default guard. If you want to specify a guard, send user()->can('...', $guard).

2. your roles/guards are being correctly assigned on roles table.
   

3. your relations between users and roles/permissions are being correctly stored on model_has_roles and model_has_permissions.
   
   Note there must be some App\Models\User and some App\Models\Admin 👌

One of this places may be wrong, and that's why user->can is not working, let me know 🙌

[soluzione-software]

i try to explain better:
my config.auth:

'defaults' => [
	'guard' => 'web',
	'passwords' => 'users',
],
'guards' => [
      'web' => [
          'driver' => 'session',
          'provider' => 'users',
      ],
      'admin' => [
          'driver' => 'session',
          'provider' => 'admins',
      ],
  ],
'providers' => [
      'users' => [
          'driver' => 'eloquent',
          'model' => App\Models\User::class,
      ],
      'admins' => [
          'driver' => 'eloquent',
          'model' => App\Models\Admin::class,
      ],
  ],
'passwords' => [
      'users' => [
          'provider' => 'users',
          'table' => 'password_resets',
          'expire' => 60,
          'throttle' => 60,
      ],
      'admins' => [
          'provider' => 'admins',
          'table' => 'password_resets',
          'expire' => 60,
          'throttle' => 60,
      ],
  ],

my config.backpack.base

'user_model_fqn' => config('auth.providers.admins.model'),
...
'guard' => 'backpack',
'passwords' => 'backpack',
...

my config.backpack.permissionmanager

'models' => [
    'user'       => config('backpack.base.user_model_fqn', \App\Models\User::class),
    'permission' => Backpack\PermissionManager\app\Models\Permission::class,
    'role'       => Backpack\PermissionManager\app\Models\Role::class,
],

my Models\Admin

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Backpack\CRUD\app\Models\Traits\CrudTrait;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Laravel\Sanctum\HasApiTokens;
use Spatie\Permission\Models\Role;
use Spatie\Permission\Traits\HasRoles;

class Admin extends User
{
    use HasRoles;
    protected $table = 'admins';
}

but Auth::user() is null, backpack_user() is correct

thanks

[promatik]

Ok, so Admin part is working from what I understood ...
How are you doing the login of your web users?
Make sure those users have the correct guard web.

[soluzione-software]

ok i solve, i check configuration and backpack set the 'backpack' guard and not web
i make override to permissionmanager to use this guard, so backpack guard is backpack and front end guard is web
it seems to work
thanks