Laravel 5.2: Auth::logout() is not working

Question

I'm building a very simple app in Laravel 5.2, but when using AuthController's action to log out, it just simply doesn't work. I have a nav bar which checks for Auth::check() and it doesn't change after calling the log out action.

I have this route inside the routes.php file:

Route::get('users/logout', 'Auth\AuthController@getLogout');

and it's outside the

Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () statement.

I did also try to add the follow action at the end of the AuthController.php file.

public function getLogout() 
{
    $this->auth->logout();
    Session::flush();
    return redirect('/');
}

Do you have any ideas?

EDIT 1

If I clear Google's Chrome cache, it works.

Answer 1

I also had similar problem in Laravel 5.2. You should change your route to

Route::get('auth/logout', 'Auth\AuthController@logout');

or in AuthController constructor add

public function __construct()
{
    $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => ['logout', 'getLogout']]);
}

That worked for me.

Answer 2

use below code

Auth::logout();

or

auth()->logout();

Answer 3

The problem is from the 'guest' middleware in the AuthController constructor. It should be changed from $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'logout']); to $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout']);

If you check the kernel file, you can see that your guest middleware point to \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class

This middleware checks if the user is authenticated and redirects the user to the root page if authenticated but lets the user carry out an action if not authenticated. By using $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'getLogout']); , the middleware will not be applied when the getLogout function is called, thereby making it possible for authenticated users to make use of it.

N/B: As in the original answer, you can change getLogout to logout since the getLogout method simply returns the logout method in laravel's implementation.

Answer 4

In Http->Middleware->Authenticate.php change login in else statement to /

return redirect()->guest('/');

and define following route in routes.php

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('login');
});

for logout call following function:

public function getlogout(){
    \Auth::logout();
    return redirect('/home');
}

Important: redirect to /home instead of / that first calls $this->middleware('auth'); and then in middleware redirect to /

Answer 5

This should be the content of your constructor in AuthController

$this->middleware('web');
$this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'logout']);

Answer 6

Simply add below route and do not add this inside any route group(middleware):

Route::get('your-route', 'Auth\AuthController@logout');

Now logout should work as it should in L 5.2 without modifying anything in AuthController.

Answer 7

/**
 * Log the user out of the application.
 *
 * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
 * @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
 */
public function logout(Request $request)
{
    $this->guard()->logout();

    $request->session()->flush();

    $request->session()->regenerate();

    return redirect('/');
}

/**
 * Get the guard to be used during authentication.
 *
 * @return \Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\StatefulGuard
 */
protected function guard()
{
    return Auth::guard();
}

Answer 8

add this line in routes.php file Route::get('auth/logout', 'Auth\AuthController@getLogout'); and add this in your view <a href="{{ url('/auth/logout') }}" > Logout </a> it works fine for me