Level 1
anyone?
Oct 22, 2016
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Level 1
Not to use Session for unregistered visitors
Hi, I noticed that for every visitors(registered & unregistered) are generating a session file @ storage/framework/session directory.
I was wondering if there's a way to not to use session for unregistered visitors? Coz for a heavy traffic website(specially visitors from search engine results are generating a session file), this will affect server performance.
Is it possible not to use session on unregistered visitors? Any help is highly appreciated.
Sincerely, StocksPH
Level 24
check the web middleware group, one of them create the session.
Level 11
@stocksph It's not recommended to use the file session driver in production for the very reason you outline. Look into possibly using the Redis or Memcached driver instead.
Level 80
@stocksph As @ouhare mentions, remove the routes from the “web” middleware group.
Be warned though: if these pages have login/logout links, then they’ll always says “login” as without the session, you won’t know if a user is logged in or not. If this is the case, you will need to look at a session driver other than the default file one.
Level 1
I have found a solution located @ http://www.answers.ph/217/how-to-disable-session-on-unregistered-visitors-in-laravel-5-3/
You can use it even on login/logout links.
Only use when needed on routes that dont need sessions. Very useful on api's and search engines visiting your site.
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