From af9d096a4a75d55154f9e81e7cf0d1c02ce879b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ghostie <ghostie@ghostpacket.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 19:37:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] authenticating the user after the account is created

---
 app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php   | 2 +-
 app/Http/Controllers/SignupController.php | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php
index 6dbffff..52110ba 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ class PostController extends Controller
 {
     public function index(Request $request)
     {
-        dd("Here be dragons...");
+        dd(auth()->user());
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SignupController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SignupController.php
index 9f869c4..4524eb3 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SignupController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SignupController.php
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class SignupController extends Controller
             "password" => Hash::make($request->password),
         ]);
 
+        // authenticate user
+        auth()->attempt($request->only("email", "password"));
+
         return redirect()->route("posts.index");
     }
 }