You can try the session flush as shown below

Session::flush(); //clears out all the exisiting sessions

Set debug to true in config/app.php when you're developing so you can see what error you get instead of Whoops, an error....

Did you do the upgrade steps for 4.1.26? http://laravel.com/docs/upgrade#upgrade-4.1.26

I'm just trying a basic sample with 'auth.basic' filter with "User.php" class that I found as default. If I try to execute "Auth::logout();" it seems to works (no errors) but user still logged in.

The "users" table have "remember_token" column (varchar 100) and User class contains public function getRememberToken() { return $this->remember_token; }

public function setRememberToken($value)
{
	$this->remember_token = $value;
}

public function getRememberTokenName()
{
	return 'remember_token';
}

itsaafrin said:

You can try the session flush as shown below

Session::flush(); //clears out all the exisiting sessions

This doesn't work. Same issue here!

I have the same problem too. Right after Auth::logout(), I found that the value of Auth::check() is false. But, after redirect, Auth::check() is true again. It's so funny. Even, after doing Session::flush();

I created a fresh project for Laravel 4.2. The only changes are:

• app/config/database.php
• app/filters.php

from:

	Route::filter('auth.basic', function()
	{
		return Auth::basic();
	});

to:

	Route::filter('auth.basic', function()
	{
		return Auth::basic('username');
	});

• app/routes.php like this:

	Route::get('/', function()
	{
		return View::make('hello');
	});


	Route::get('/logout', function()
	{
		Auth::logout();
	Session::flush();
		return Redirect::to('/');
	})->before('auth.basic');

	Route::get('/admin', array('before' => 'auth.basic', function()
	{
		if (Auth::check()) {
			return "Hello Admin!";
		} else {
			return "Hello guest!";
		}
  
	}));

I'm seeing the same problem with 4.2.

Basic auth don't support logout. From a StackOverflow topic:

"This is not a limitation to Laravel, HTTP Basic Authorization is not designed to handle logging out. The client will remain logged in until the browser is closed."

Session::flush(); working for me ..

I think this is an issue for L4.2

Just replace Auth::logout() with Session::flush();

public function logout() {
        Session::flush(); 
        return Redirect::to('/');
    }

You have to specify which guard you are working with like

Auth::guard("admin")->logout();

ope this helps someone.