Change user password from tinker in Laravel using artisan

Laravel's Tinker is a powerful command-line tool that allows developers to interact with their application's codebase without having to write scripts or open up a development environment. With Tinker, developers can explore their application's data, run one-off commands, and make quick updates without having to write complex queries or interact with the database directly.

In this tutorial, we'll walk through the steps to use Tinker to update a user's password in a Laravel application. We'll assume that you have a Laravel project already set up and have some familiarity with the command line.

Step 1: Open Tinker

To begin, open up your command line and navigate to your Laravel project directory. Once there, type the following command to open Tinker:

php artisan tinker

This should open up a Tinker shell where you can interact with your application's codebase.

Step 2: Retrieve the User Object

Once Tinker is open, the first thing we need to do is retrieve the user object we want to update. In this example, we'll update a user's password for the email info@dfasd.com. We can retrieve the user object by running the following command in Tinker:

$user = User::where('email', 'info@nafizabp.com')->first();

This will return the user object associated with the email address we specified.

Step 3: Update the User's Password

Now that we have the user object, we can update the user's password. We'll use Laravel's built-in Hash facade to hash the new password and then save the updated user object.

To update the user's password, run the following commands in Tinker:

$user->password = Hash::make('123456'); 

$user->save(); 

This will update the user's password to 123456.

Step 4: Confirm the Password Update

To confirm that the password has been updated, you can log into your application and test the new password. If everything was done correctly, you should be able to log in with the new password.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we walked through the steps to use Laravel's Tinker to update a user's password in a Laravel application. Tinker is a powerful tool that can be used to quickly interact with your application's data and make updates on the fly. With Tinker, developers can save time and streamline their development workflows.