In this tutorial, I will show you Laravel 11 Custom Forgot Password Tutorial application.

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Step for Laravel 11 Custom Reset Password via Email Tutorial

• Step 1: Install Laravel 11
• Step 2: Create MySQL Table
• Step 3: Create Routes
• Step 4: Create Controller
• Step 5: Email Configuration
• Step 6: Create Blade Files
• Run Laravel App

Let start Laravel 11 Custom Forgot Password Tutorial

Step 1: Install Laravel 11

This step is not required; however, if you have not created the Laravel app, then you may go ahead and execute the below command:

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

Step 2: Create MySQL Table

basically, it will already created “password_resets” table migration but if it’s not created then you can create new migration as like bellow code:

database/migrations/2024_07_20_103428_create_password_resets_table.php

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

Step 3: Create Routes

In this is step we need to create custom route for forget and reset link. so open your routes/web.php file and add following route.

routes/web.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

use App\Http\Controllers\Auth\AuthController;
use App\Http\Controllers\Auth\ForgotPasswordController;

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Route::get('login', [AuthController::class, 'index'])->name('login');
Route::post('post-login', [AuthController::class, 'postLogin'])->name('login.post'); 
Route::get('registration', [AuthController::class, 'registration'])->name('register');
Route::post('post-registration', [AuthController::class, 'postRegistration'])->name('register.post'); 
Route::get('dashboard', [AuthController::class, 'dashboard']); 
Route::post('logout', [AuthController::class, 'logout'])->name('logout');

// Routes for Forget Password
Route::get('forget-password', [ForgotPasswordController::class, 'showForgetPasswordForm'])->name('forget.password.get');
Route::post('forget-password', [ForgotPasswordController::class, 'submitForgetPasswordForm'])->name('forget.password.post'); 
Route::get('reset-password/{token}', [ForgotPasswordController::class, 'showResetPasswordForm'])->name('reset.password.get');
Route::post('reset-password', [ForgotPasswordController::class, 'submitResetPasswordForm'])->name('reset.password.post');

Step 4: Create Controller

in this step, we need to create ForgotPasswordController and add following code on that file:

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/ForgotPasswordController.php

<?php 
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth; 
  
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Http\Request; 
use DB; 
use Carbon\Carbon; 
use App\Models\User; 
use Mail; 
use Hash;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
use Illuminate\View\View;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
  
class ForgotPasswordController extends Controller
{
      /**
       * Write code on Method
       *
       * @return response()
       */
      public function showForgetPasswordForm(): View
      {
         return view('auth.forgetPassword');
      }
  
      /**
       * Write code on Method
       *
       * @return response()
       */
      public function submitForgetPasswordForm(Request $request): RedirectResponse
      {
          $request->validate([
              'email' => 'required|email|exists:users',
          ]);
  
          $token = Str::random(64);
  
          DB::table('password_resets')->insert([
              'email' => $request->email, 
              'token' => $token, 
              'created_at' => Carbon::now()
            ]);
  
          Mail::send('emails.forgetPassword', ['token' => $token], function($message) use($request){
              $message->to($request->email);
              $message->subject('Reset Password');
          });
  
          return back()->with('message', 'We have e-mailed your password reset link!');
      }

      /**
       * Write code on Method
       *
       * @return response()
       */
      public function showResetPasswordForm($token): View
      { 
         return view('auth.forgetPasswordLink', ['token' => $token]);
      }
  
      /**
       * Write code on Method
       *
       * @return response()
       */
      public function submitResetPasswordForm(Request $request): RedirectResponse
      {
          $request->validate([
              'email' => 'required|email|exists:users',
              'password' => 'required|string|min:6|confirmed',
              'password_confirmation' => 'required'
          ]);
  
          $updatePassword = DB::table('password_resets')
                              ->where([
                                'email' => $request->email, 
                                'token' => $request->token
                              ])
                              ->first();
  
          if(!$updatePassword){
              return back()->withInput()->with('error', 'Invalid token!');
          }
  
          $user = User::where('email', $request->email)
                      ->update(['password' => Hash::make($request->password)]);
 
          DB::table('password_resets')->where(['email'=> $request->email])->delete();
  
          return redirect('/login')->with('message', 'Your password has been changed!');
      }
}

Step 5: Email Configuration

in this step, we will add email configuration on env file, because we will send email to reset password link from controller:

.env

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp-mail.outlook.com
MAIL_PORT=587
[email protected]
MAIL_PASSWORD=123456789
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
[email protected]

Step 6: Create Blade Files

here, we need to create blade files for layout, login, register and home page. so let’s create one by one files:

resources/views/auth/forgetPassword.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Laravel 11 Custom Reset Password Functions</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" crossorigin="anonymous">
  <style type="text/css">
    body{
      background: #F8F9FA;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>

<section class="bg-light py-3 py-md-5">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row justify-content-center">
      <div class="col-12 col-sm-10 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-5 col-xxl-4">
        <div class="card border border-light-subtle rounded-3 shadow-sm mt-5">
          <div class="card-body p-3 p-md-4 p-xl-5">
            <div class="text-center mb-3">
              <a href="#!">
                <img src="https://www.example.com/assets/images/logo.png" alt="BootstrapBrain Logo" width="250">
              </a>
            </div>
            <h2 class="fs-6 fw-normal text-center text-secondary mb-4">Reset Password</h2>
            <form method="POST" action="{{ route('forget.password.post') }}">
              @csrf

              @if (Session::has('message'))
                   <div class="alert alert-success" role="alert">
                      {{ Session::get('message') }}
                  </div>
              @endif

              @error('email')
                  <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert">
                      <strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
                  </div>
              @enderror

              <div class="row gy-2 overflow-hidden">

                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="form-floating mb-3">
                    <input type="email" class="form-control @error('email') is-invalid @enderror" name="email" id="email" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
                    <label for="email" class="form-label">{{ __('Email Address') }}</label>
                  </div>
                </div>

                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="d-grid my-3">
                    <button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" type="submit">{{ __('Send Password Reset Link') }}</button>
                  </div>
                </div>

              </div>
            </form>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

</body>
</html>

resources/views/auth/forgetPasswordLink.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Laravel 11 Custom Reset Password Functions</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" crossorigin="anonymous">
  <style type="text/css">
    body{
      background: #F8F9FA;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>

<section class="bg-light py-3 py-md-5">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row justify-content-center">
      <div class="col-12 col-sm-10 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-5 col-xxl-4">
        <div class="card border border-light-subtle rounded-3 shadow-sm mt-5">
          <div class="card-body p-3 p-md-4 p-xl-5">
            <div class="text-center mb-3">
              <a href="#!">
                <img src="https://www.example.com/assets/images/logo.png" alt="BootstrapBrain Logo" width="250">
              </a>
            </div>
            <h2 class="fs-6 fw-normal text-center text-secondary mb-4">Reset Password</h2>
            <form method="POST" action="{{ route('reset.password.post') }}">
              @csrf
              <input type="hidden" name="token" value="{{ $token }}">

              @if (Session::has('message'))
                   <div class="alert alert-success" role="alert">
                      {{ Session::get('message') }}
                  </div>
              @endif

              <div class="row gy-2 overflow-hidden">

                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="form-floating mb-3">
                    <input type="email" class="form-control @error('email') is-invalid @enderror" name="email" id="email" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
                    <label for="email" class="form-label">{{ __('Email Address') }}</label>
                    @if ($errors->has('email'))
                        <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('email') }}</span>
                    @endif
                  </div>
                </div>

                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="form-floating mb-3">
                    <input type="password" class="form-control @error('password') is-invalid @enderror" name="password" id="password" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
                    <label for="password" class="form-label">{{ __('Password') }}</label>
                    @if ($errors->has('password'))
                        <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('password') }}</span>
                    @endif
                  </div>
                </div>

                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="form-floating mb-3">
                    <input type="password" class="form-control @error('password_confirmation') is-invalid @enderror" name="password_confirmation" id="password_confirmation" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
                    <label for="password_confirmation" class="form-label">{{ __('Confirm Password') }}</label>
                    @if ($errors->has('password_confirmation'))
                        <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('password_confirmation') }}</span>
                    @endif
                  </div>
                </div>

                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="d-grid my-3">
                    <button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" type="submit">{{ __('Reset Password') }}</button>
                  </div>
                </div>

              </div>
            </form>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

</body>
</html>

resources/views/emails/forgetPassword.blade.php

<h1>Forget Password Email</h1>
   
You can reset password from bellow link:
<a href="{{ route('reset.password.get', $token) }}">Reset Password</a>

resources/views/auth/login.blade.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Laravel 11 Custom User Login Page</title>
  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" crossorigin="anonymous">
  <style type="text/css">
    body{
      background: #F8F9FA;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>

<section class="bg-light py-3 py-md-5">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row justify-content-center">
      <div class="col-12 col-sm-10 col-md-8 col-lg-6 col-xl-5 col-xxl-4">
        <div class="card border border-light-subtle rounded-3 shadow-sm mt-5">
          <div class="card-body p-3 p-md-4 p-xl-5">
            <div class="text-center mb-3">
              <a href="#!">
                <img src="https://www.example.com/assets/images/logo.png" alt="BootstrapBrain Logo" width="250">
              </a>
            </div>
            <h2 class="fs-6 fw-normal text-center text-secondary mb-4">Sign in to your account</h2>
            <form method="POST" action="{{ route('login.post') }}">
              @csrf

              @session('error')
                  <div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert"> 
                      {{ $value }}
                  </div>
              @endsession

              @session('message')
                  <div class="alert alert-success" role="alert"> 
                      {{ $value }}
                  </div>
              @endsession

              <div class="row gy-2 overflow-hidden">
                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="form-floating mb-3">
                    <input type="email" class="form-control @error('email') is-invalid @enderror" name="email" id="email" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
                    <label for="email" class="form-label">{{ __('Email Address') }}</label>
                  </div>
                  @error('email')
                        <span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
                          <strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
                      </span>
                  @enderror
                </div>
                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="form-floating mb-3">
                    <input type="password" class="form-control @error('password') is-invalid @enderror" name="password" id="password" value="" placeholder="Password" required>
                    <label for="password" class="form-label">{{ __('Password') }}</label>
                  </div>
                  @error('password')
                      <span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
                          <strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
                      </span>
                  @enderror
                </div>
                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="d-flex gap-2 justify-content-between">
                    <div class="form-check">
                      <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="" name="rememberMe" id="rememberMe">
                      <label class="form-check-label text-secondary" for="rememberMe">
                        Keep me logged in
                      </label>
                    </div>
                    <a href="{{ route('forget.password.get') }}" class="link-primary text-decoration-none">{{ __('forgot password?') }}</a>
                  </div>
                </div>
                <div class="col-12">
                  <div class="d-grid my-3">
                    <button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" type="submit">{{ __('Login') }}</button>
                  </div>
                </div>
                <div class="col-12">
                  <p class="m-0 text-secondary text-center">Don't have an account? <a href="{{ route('register') }}" class="link-primary text-decoration-none">Sign up</a></p>
                </div>
              </div>
            </form>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

</body>
</html>

Run Laravel App:

All the required steps have been done, now you have to type the given below command and hit enter to run the Laravel app:

php artisan serve

Now you can open bellow URL on your browser:

localhost:8000/login

Forget Password Page:

Forget Password Email:

Reset Password Page:

You can also download code from git:

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