How to logout and redirect to login page using Laravel 5.4?

Question

I am using Laravel 5.4 and trying to implement authentication system. I used php artisan command make:auth to setup it. I edited the views according to my layout. Now, when

Answer 1

I recommend you stick with Laravel auth routes in web.php: Auth::routes()

It will create the following route:

POST | logout | App\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController@logout

You will need to logout using a POST form. This way you will also need the CSRF token which is recommended.

<form method="POST" action="{{ route('logout') }}">
  @csrf
  <button type="submit">Logout</button>
</form>

Answer 2

You can use the following in your controller:

return redirect('login')->with(Auth::logout());

Answer 3

It's better and safer to add to your LoginController.php the following code, that runs only after the standard logout:

use AuthenticatesUsers;

protected function loggedOut(Request $request)
    {
        return redirect('/new/redirect/you/want');
    }

Answer 4

In 5.5

adding

Route::get('logout', 'Auth\LoginController@logout');

to my routes file works fine.

Answer 5

if you are looking to do it via code on specific conditions, here is the solution worked for me. I have used in middleware to block certain users: these lines from below is the actual code to logout:

$auth = new LoginController();
$auth->logout($request);

Complete File:

namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Closure;
use Auth;
use App\Http\Controllers\Auth\LoginController;
class ExcludeCustomers{
    public function handle($request, Closure $next){
        $user = Auth::guard()->user();
        if( $user->role == 3 ) {
            $auth = new LoginController();
            $auth->logout($request);
            header("Location: https://google.com");
            die();
        } 
        return $next($request);
    }
}

Answer 6

If you used the auth scaffolding in 5.5 simply direct your href to:

{{ route('logout') }}

There is no need to alter any routes or controllers.