Laravel Session Timeout Middleware

readme.md

Install this middle into app/Http/Middleware.

Then add, \App\Http\Middleware\SessionTimeout::class, to app/Http/Kernel.php just after \App\Http\Middleware\StartSession::class,

SessionTimeout.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Session;

class SessionTimeout
{

    public function __construct()
    {
    }

    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        $timeout = config('session.lifetime', 20) * 60;
        if (Session::has('lastActivityTime') && (time() - Session::get('lastActivityTime')) > $timeout) {
            Session::clear();
        }

        Session::put('lastActivityTime', time());

        return $next($request);
    }
}

hi! I tried this in laravel 5.6 and every time Session::get('lastActivityTime') returns null