How to display online users in laravel.

Now we will list the user that are online using Laravel. Follow the below steps.

1. Install Laravel Project. Type the below code in your terminal.

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

After installation you can see something like below image. install 2.PNG

2. Now Install Auth. To Install Auth type below command in your terminal.

composer require laravel/ui

php artisan ui vue --auth

npm install

npm run dev

3. Create Middleware. To create middleware type below command in terminal.

php artisan make:middleware OnlineStatus

4. Add the below code in Middleware OnlineStatus in app/Http/Middleware/OnlineStatus.

  public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        if(Auth::check()){
            $expiresAt = Carbon::now()->addMinutes(5);
            Cache::put('user-online-'.Auth::user()->id,true,$expiresAt);
        }
        return $next($request);
    }

5. Go to Kernel.php . You will find kernel.php in app/Http/Kernel.php*. Write the below line in web array.

 'web' => [
            \App\Http\Middleware\OnlineStatus::class,
        ],

6. In User Model add the below function in app/Models/User.php.

 public function isOnline(){
        return Cache::has('user-online-'.$this->id);
    }

7. Define route.Add the below code routes/web.php.

route::get('/active-status',[App\Http\Controllers\userController::class,'index']);

8. Create a controller. To create controller type below command in your terminal.

php artisan make:controller userController

9. Add below code in userController in app/Http/Controllers/userController.php.

public function index(){
$users = User::all();
return view('home1',compact('users'));
}

Note: Create a blade file in resources/views and name it home1.blade.php.

10. Go to home1.blade.php. In resources/views/home.blade.php.

  <table class="table">
                    <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <th>Name</th>
                        <th>Email</th>
                        <th>Account Created At</th>
                    </tr>
                    </thead>
                    <tbody>
                    @foreach($users as $user)
                        @if($user->isOnline())
                            <tr>
                                <td>{{$user->name}}</td>
                                <td>{{$user->email}}</td>
                                <td>{{$user->created_at->diffForHumans()}}</td>
                            </tr>
                        @endif
                    @endforeach

                    </tbody>
                </table>