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@johnnemo when you close the browser you also loose the "remember me" in session user?
Sep 20, 2015
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Level 8
Session key destroyed (L5.1)
Hello,
I try to keep a key in my session for a specific user when he logs in. I store the current login timestamp as follows
if($attempt){
$request->session()->put('login', Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString());
}
and pass it to the session. This works just fine. I also use the remember me approach (with the appropriate remember_me token). The problem is when I close the browser the login-token is being destroyed. Is there any way to keep this value..? Or should I go to another session driver (e.g database) ..?
Level 8
@jrean thank you for answering. Well no, login_token and _token are still there... I lose the _url, _previous, _flash and the custom login session key I added.
Level 88
If you look closely to the authentication they they create a cookie instead of a session. A cookie is saved when the browser is closed, a session is not!
Level 8
so @bobbybouwmann , should I add the custom key in that cookie..?and retrieve that later from there..?
Level 88
If you want to save something in the browser even when the browser is closed, you need to use a cookie.
It sounds to me that you are building a throttle system for logins. I recently build this myself as well and my solution was to store a throttle in the database and check there.
Level 8
@bobbybouwmann , Well I try to keep some statistics about the users..How long did the watched a page, etc..So I need a way to keep both the login timestamp and the logout one (easy part). In case I use a cookie I assume that I have to delete it in the destroy-logout function right..? Any case, the documentation about cookies is a little poor I think..So, should this work...?
return response()->view('something.show', compact('var1', 'var2'))->withCookie('name', 'value', $minutes);
And then retrieve it like
$request->cookie('name');
And in the destroy-logout function how could I delete it..?
Level 88
You need to create the cookie and pass that
$cookie = cookie('name', 'value', $minutes)
return response()->view('some.view')->withCookie($cookie);
You can delete the cookie on request as well
$cookie = Cookie::forget('name');
return redirect()->route('home')->withCookie($cookie);
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