/* Spent some couple minutes trying to hack this. So I want to share the fix! */

//Open /vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Auth/AuthenticatesUsers.php
//Copy out the functions "credentials" and "username" respectively to your "LoginController.php"
//edit the functions in the LoginController.php as thus:

protected function credentials(Request $request)
    {
        $field = filter_var($request->input($this->username()), FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) ? 'email' : 'username';
        $request->merge([$field => $request->input($this->username())]);
        return $request->only($field, 'password');
    }


    public function username()
    {
        return 'login'; //change this to the <input name=""> of your username/email text input in login.blade.php
    }