How to Determine User Online Status in Laravel

I will help you to determine user online status in Laravel with the example, Laravel pusher get online users, explain step by step. Here laravel admin page user online status determines if user online status green otherwise red.

Step 1 : Install Laravel and Basic Configurations

Read Also : Install Laravel and Basic Configurations

After completing the basic configurations, run this command :

php artisan make:auth

Now migration:

php artisan migrate

Step 2 : Create a middleware named UsersActivity by typing this command:

php artisan make:middleware UsersActivity

Now open the middleware app/Http/Middleware/UsersActivity.php

#app/Http/Middleware/UsersActivity.php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Auth;
use Cache;
use Carbon\Carbon;

class UsersActivity
{
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        if (Auth::check()) {
            $expiresAt = Carbon::now()->addMinutes(1);
            Cache::put('user-is-online-' . Auth::user()->id, true, $expiresAt);
        }
        return $next($request);
    }
}

Step 3 : Add Middleware to Kernel

#app/Http/Kernel.php

protected $middlewareGroups = [
    ...
    'web' => [
        \App\Http\Middleware\UsersActivity::class,
    ],
    ...
];

Step 4 : Create a controller

php artisan make:controller UserController

#app/Http/Controllers/usercontroller.php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use DB;
use Cache;

class UserController extends Controller { 
    public function index() { 
        $users = DB::table('users')->get();
        return view('users',compact('users'));
    }
}

Create route:

#route/web.php
Route::get('/users', 'UserController@index');

Step 5 : Blade File Display

#resources/views/users.blade.php

@extends('layouts.app')

@section('content')
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
                <div class="card">
                    <div class="card-header">Users</div>

                        @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>
                                </tr>
                                </thead>
                                <tbody>
                                @foreach($users as $user)
                                    <tr>
                                        <td>{{$user->name}}</td>
                                        <td>{{$user->email}}</td>
                                        <td>
                                            @if(Cache::has('user-is-online-' . $user->id))
                                                <span class="text-success">online</span>
                                            @else
                                                <span class="text-secondary">offline</span>
                                            @endif
                                        </td>
                                    </tr>
                                @endforeach
                                </tbody>
                            </table>
                        </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
@endsection

Now run the project :

php artisan serve