Allow login only for active users

I need to allow login only for allowed users, this is my controller:

class LoginController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        return view('login');
    }

    public function login(Request $request)
    {
        $credentials = $request->only('user', 'password');

        if (!Auth::attempt($credentials)) {
            return back()->with('error', 'Usuario o Contraseña Invalidos!');
        } else if (Auth::user()->status != 1) {
            return back()->with('error', 'Usuario no autorizado');
        }

        $request->session()->regenerate();

        return redirect('home');
    }

    public function logout(Request $request)
    {
        Auth::logout();
        $request->session()->regenerate();
        return redirect('/login');
    }
}

it works but it is allowing all the users, even those with status = 0, what am i doing wrong?

thanks for your help...

source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67746458/allow-login-only-for-active-users