Increase Session Timeout In Laravel

In this article, I will show you how to increase the session timeout in Laravel.

NOTE: Laravel session timeouts are set in minutes

We will be covering the following topics

1. Session Settings In .env File
2. Settings In config/settings.php File

---

Session Settings In .env File

Increase the session timeout for 1 year.

.env Settings

SESSION_LIFETIME=525600

Calculation for 1 year (365 days)

365 days * 24 hours * 60 minutes = 525600 minutes

---

Settings In config/session.php File

You can even directly edit lifetime in the session config settings as shown below.

As you see by default it will read from the .env file. If you by chance delete the SESSION_LIFETIME in .env file then it will add 43200 minutes.

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Str;

return [
    .......

    'lifetime' => env('SESSION_LIFETIME', 43200),
    
    .......
];

---

Conclusion

Hope you got to know how to increase the session timeout in Laravel. Don't forget to share with your friends.

Random Articles For You

Factory States For Clean And Fluent Laravel Testing

Proper Way To Validate MIME Type Of Files While Handling File Uploads In PHP

Add Google ADS In AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) Website

Free SSL Certificate With Lets Encrypt/Certbot In Linux (Single / Multiple Domains)

Custom Validation Rules In PHP Laravel (Using Artisan Command)

Factories To Speed Up Test-Driven Development In Laravel

Generate Fake Data In PHP With Faker

Global Data In All Laravel Blade Pages

Upload Files In PHP?

Observers In Laravel

URL Redirects From Called Functions In Laravel

Free SSL Certificate In cPanel With ZeroSSL & Certbot

Laravel Custom Maintenance Page

Cache Static Files With NGINX Server

NGINX Security Best Practices & Optimization