Answer by Duy Nguyen for Login only if user is active using Laravel

In case, you want to keep everything as simple, you can use Laravel built-in feature. It is email verification. I do not guarantee this way would resolve your problem. It is reference in case you didn't know about it before.

Follow the doc at https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/verification, all you have to do are a few steps.

1. Implementation of the User model with MustVerifyEmail

<?phpnamespace App;use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail{    use Notifiable;    // ...}

2. Active the middleware verify for the routes in web.php or in controller

3. You can activate the verification link and verify email

Auth::routes(['verify' => true]);

4. Make sure the user migration has included email_verified_at column.

I often use this built-in feature if I need verification users before allowing it to access the application.