Extended class property won't override?

[hschillig]

Ok so I have a Verify object.

class Verify extends Ardent {

	protected $table;

	public $autoPurgeRedundantAttributes = true;
	public static $passwordAttributes  = array('password');
	public $autoHashPasswordAttributes = true;

	public static $rules = array(
	    'email'                 => 'required|unique:users,email|email',
	    'password'              => 'required|confirmed',
	    'password_confirmation' => 'required',
	    'fname'                 => 'required|max:30',
	    'lname'                 => 'required|max:40',
	    'address'               => 'required|max:50',
	    'city'                  => 'required|max:50',
	    'state'                 => 'required|max:2',
	    'zip'                   => 'required|max:6',
	    'phone'                 => 'required|max:15'
	);

	protected $fillable = array('email', 'password', 'fname', 'lname', 'address', 'city', 'state', 'zip', 'phone');

	protected $status = array(
		0 => 'inactive',
		1 => 'confirmed'
	);

	protected $identify = 'email'; // identify column in the db

}

But when I extend it and try to overwrite the $identify property, it still uses the 'email' value instead:

<?php namespace Intellect\Alkharia\Models\User;

use Intellectproductions\Verify\Verify;
use Zizaco\Entrust\HasRole;

class User extends Verify {

	public static $rules = array(
		'username'              => 'required|alpha_dash|unique:users,username|max:30',
	    'email'                 => 'required|unique:users,email|email|max:50',
	    'password'              => 'required|confirmed',
	    'password_confirmation' => 'required',
	    'name'                  => 'required|max:35',
	    'birthday'              => 'required|date_format:Y-m-d',
	    'verification'          => 'required|equals:4'
	);

	protected $fillable = array('username', 'email', 'password', 'name', 'birthday');

	protected $identify = 'username'; // identify column in the db
}

But all the other properties successfully overrode.

 

Here is the method in the Verify object:

         /**
	 * Forgot password
	 *
	 */
	public function forgotPassword($username) {
		dd($this->identify);

		$user = Verify::where($this->identify, $username)->first(array('id', 'email', 'username'));
		dd($user);

		if($user) {

			// user was found so generate token and send email
			$token = md5( uniqid(mt_rand(), true) );

	        $values = array(
	            'email'=> $user->email,
	            'token'=> $token,
	            'created_at'=> new \DateTime
	        );

	        \DB::connection()->table('password_reminders')
	            ->insert( $values );

	        $this->sendResetEmail(array('user' => $user, 'token' => $token));

	        \Session::flash('message', 'Your instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to your email.');
	        return true;

		} else {

			\Session::flash('error', 'That email does not exist!');
			return false;

		}

	}

dd($this->identify) will spit on the value of it. And it says 'email' still, not 'username'.. Any ideas on why?

[hschillig]

Omg nevermind. So sorry for the post.. Apologies. I wasn't observing enough. I called Verify::forgotPassword instead of User::forgotPassword so it would use the User properties and not the Verify's default properties.

[trq]

Why on earth would a User type extend a Verify type? This makes absolutely no sense in OOP.