Check User Online Status & Last Seen in Laravel

Hello Devs,

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to check user online status and last seen in laravel application.

Follow this step by step guide given below:

Step 1 :

 

Install Laravel App

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel blog

Step 2 : 

Setup Database Configuration  open ".env" file and change the database

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=Enter_Your_Database_Name
DB_USERNAME=Enter_Your_Database_Username
DB_PASSWORD=Enter_Your_Database_Password

Step 3 : 

Generate Auth  

Step 4 :  

Add Column in User Table

php artisan make:migration add_last_seen_to_users_table --table=users

Run this command:

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

class AddLastSeenToUsersTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->timestamp('last_seen')->nullable();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->timestamp('last_seen');
        });
    }
}

 

Run this command:

php artian migrate

Step 5 : 

Create Middleware 

php artisan make:middleware LastSeenUserActivity

app/http/middleware/LastSeenUserActivity.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use App\User;
use Auth;
use Cache;
use Carbon\Carbon;

class LastSeenUserActivity
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if (Auth::check()) {
            $expireTime = Carbon::now()->addMinute(1); // keep online for 1 min
            Cache::put('is_online'.Auth::user()->id, true, $expireTime);

            //Last Seen
            User::where('id', Auth::user()->id)->update(['last_seen' => Carbon::now()]);
        }
        return $next($request);
    }
}

Step 5 : 

Add Middleware in Kernel File app/http/kernel.php

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\LastSeenUserActivity::class,
    ],

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

Step 6 : 

Add Route routes/web.php

Route::get('/status', 'UserController@show')

Step 7 : 

Create Controller app/http/controller/UserController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\User;
use Cache;
use Carbon\Carbon;

class UserController extends Controller
{
    public function show()
    {
        $users = User::all();
        return view('status', compact('users'));
    }
}

Step 8 :

 Create View File app/http/controller/UserController.php

@extends('layouts.app')

@section('content')
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row justify-content-center">
            <div class="col-md-8">
                <div class="card">
                    <div class="card-header bg-info text-white text-center"><h2><b>How to Check User Online Status & Last Seen in Laravel - Rathorji.in</b></h2></div>
                    <div class="card-body">
                        @php $users = DB::table('users')->get(); @endphp
                        <div class="container">
                            <table class="table table-bordered">
                                <thead>
                                <tr>
                                    <th>Name</th>
                                    <th>Email</th>
                                    <th>Status</th>
                                    <th>Last Seen</th>
                                </tr>
                                </thead>
                                <tbody>
                                @foreach($users as $user)
                                    <tr>
                                        <td>{{$user->name}}</td>
                                        <td>{{$user->email}}</td>
                                        <td>
                                            @if(Cache::has('is_online' . $user->id))
                                                <span class="text-success">Online</span>
                                            @else
                                                <span class="text-secondary">Offline</span>
                                            @endif
                                        </td>
                                        <td>{{ \Carbon\Carbon::parse($user->last_seen)->diffForHumans() }}</td>
                                    </tr>
                                @endforeach
                                </tbody>
                            </table>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
@endsection

Run this command:

php artisan serve

Open this URL:

http://localhost:8000/status

I hope this example helps you.