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Update DB when user auto logged out after session expires

When a user's session expires, user will be automatically logged out from the system.

I'm trying to register data into a table in db when user auto log out

I've been following this tips from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59031341/laravel-session-timeout-extra-logout-code. But so far nothing happens. Did I miss something?

kernel.php

<?php

namespace App\Http;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Kernel as HttpKernel;

class Kernel extends HttpKernel
{

    protected $middleware = [
        // \App\Http\Middleware\TrustHosts::class,
        \App\Http\Middleware\TrustProxies::class,
        \Fruitcake\Cors\HandleCors::class,
        \App\Http\Middleware\CheckForMaintenanceMode::class,
        \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ValidatePostSize::class,
        \App\Http\Middleware\TrimStrings::class,
        \Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\ConvertEmptyStringsToNull::class,
    ];

    protected $middlewareGroups = [
        'web' => [
            \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
            \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
            \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
            // \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\AuthenticateSession::class,
            \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
            \App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
            \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
            \App\Http\Middleware\Localization::class,
            \App\Http\Middleware\SessionTimeOut::class,
        ],

        'api' => [
            'throttle:60,1',
            \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
        ],
    ];


    protected $routeMiddleware = [
        'auth' => \App\Http\Middleware\Authenticate::class,
        'auth.basic' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\AuthenticateWithBasicAuth::class,
        'bindings' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
        'cache.headers' => \Illuminate\Http\Middleware\SetCacheHeaders::class,
        'can' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authorize::class,
        'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
        'password.confirm' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\RequirePassword::class,
        'signed' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ValidateSignature::class,
        'throttle' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class,
        'verified' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\EnsureEmailIsVerified::class,
    ];
}

SessionTimeOut.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use App\Helper\LogHelper;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Session\Store;

class SessionTimeOut
{ 
    protected $session;
    protected $timeout = 1;

    public function __construct(Store $session){
        $this->session = $session;
    }

    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        if (now()->diffInMinutes(session('lastActivityTime')) >= (1) ) {  // 1 for testing
            if (auth()->check() && auth()->id() > 1) {
                $registerLog = LogHelper::registerLog(
                    $request->user()->id, 
                    "User",
                    "Log Out",
                    "User logged out"
                );

                $user = auth()->user();
                auth()->logout();
     
                $user->update(['is_logged_in' => false]);
                $this->reCacheAllUsersData();
     
                session()->forget('lastActivityTime');
     
                return redirect('/');
            }
     
        }
        return $next($request);
    }
}

.env

SESSION_LIFETIME=120
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sr57's avatar

When a user's session expires, user will be automatically logged out from the system.

???

should be

When a user's session expires, auth'users will be redirect to login page (or what you decide)

In a nuttshell : no user -> no request -> no action (no write in the db, ...)

If you really want to write st on the db at the end of the session you have to have a cron job that survey the users (in)activity.

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