Hello @flipmedia

The session lifetime configuration can be easily done in the .env file:

SESSION_LIFETIME = 525600 // this is equal to 1 year. Please choose a time that is more suitable for you.

You can also edit the session lifetime in config/session.php

'lifetime' => 1 * (60 * 24 * 365),

Thanks

Dear Faisal, Your solution will not work . I tried it before , but no result. Waiting more ideas.

Thanks

Anes P A

Hello @flipmedia is your config cached on the server?

If that is the case you can run php artisan config:cache to update the cache.

Its a part of solution @tvbeek. Not a full solution. Waiting more ideas. In my new installation I got "laravel_solution" expire/max-age value as 'Session' but remaining is 'XSRF-TOKEN', please advise

For the XSRF-Token you need to dive in the inner working of Laravel.

I see that the VerifyCsrfToken middleware has a function newCookie that creates the cookie and it multiplies the session lifetime with 60. https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/10.x/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php#L208

A default Laravel project has a VerifyCsrfToken middleware that extends the middleware I linked to above (See: https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/10.x/app/Http/Middleware/VerifyCsrfToken.php )

In that class you can overwrite the newCookie function to change the lifetime. An (not tested) example

    protected function newCookie($request, $config)
    {
        return new Cookie(
            'XSRF-TOKEN',
            $request->session()->token(),
            0,// no lifetime
            $config['path'],
            $config['domain'],
            $config['secure'],
            false,
            false,
            $config['same_site'] ?? null
        );
    }

Thanks Dears ... Atlast my issue fixed .... Added 2 middlewares one for XSRF-TOKEN and one for laravel_session

sessionmiddleware code follows

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

class SessionCookieMiddleware
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Closure(\Illuminate\Http\Request): (\Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response)  $next
     */
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
    {
        $response = $next($request);
        $sessionCookie = cookie('laravel_session');
        //$token = $request->session()->token();
        //$response->withCookie(cookie('XSRF-TOKEN', $token));
        $response->withCookie($sessionCookie);
        return $next($request);
    }
}

also added in Kernel.php as

\App\Http\Middleware\SessionCookieMiddleware::class,
................................................. ```



xsrf-token middleware code follows (it's actually already existing VerifyCsrfToken Middleware , replaced)


```<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken as BaseVerifier;

class VerifyCsrfToken extends BaseVerifier
{

  protected function addCookieToResponse($request, $response)
  {
    $token = $request->session()->token();
    $response->withCookie(cookie('XSRF-TOKEN', $token));
  }

}`

my .env file as

```APP_NAME=Laravel
APP_ENV=production
APP_KEY=base64:7SBUI3aIXlVE9T2igKwVbKC=
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_URL=http://10.5.2.1/chatCars

LOG_CHANNEL=stack
LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL=null
LOG_LEVEL=debug

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=localhost123
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=itmb
DB_USERNAME=root099
DB_PASSWORD=Ma@22

my config/session.php as

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Str;

return [

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Default Session Driver
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This option controls the default session "driver" that will be used on
    | requests. By default, we will use the lightweight native driver but
    | you may specify any of the other wonderful drivers provided here.
    |
    | Supported: "file", "cookie", "database", "apc",
    |            "memcached", "redis", "dynamodb", "array"
    |
    */

    'driver' => env('SESSION_DRIVER', 'file'),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Lifetime
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here you may specify the number of minutes that you wish the session
    | to be allowed to remain idle before it expires. If you want them
    | to immediately expire on the browser closing, set that option.
    |
    */

    'lifetime' => env('SESSION_LIFETIME', 'Session'),
   
    'expire_on_close' => true,
    

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Encryption
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This option allows you to easily specify that all of your session data
    | should be encrypted before it is stored. All encryption will be run
    | automatically by Laravel and you can use the Session like normal.
    |
    */

    'encrypt' => false,

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session File Location
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | When using the native session driver, we need a location where session
    | files may be stored. A default has been set for you but a different
    | location may be specified. This is only needed for file sessions.
    |
    */

    'files' => storage_path('framework/sessions'),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Database Connection
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | When using the "database" or "redis" session drivers, you may specify a
    | connection that should be used to manage these sessions. This should
    | correspond to a connection in your database configuration options.
    |
    */

    'connection' => env('SESSION_CONNECTION'),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Database Table
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | When using the "database" session driver, you may specify the table we
    | should use to manage the sessions. Of course, a sensible default is
    | provided for you; however, you are free to change this as needed.
    |
    */

    'table' => 'sessions',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Cache Store
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | While using one of the framework's cache driven session backends you may
    | list a cache store that should be used for these sessions. This value
    | must match with one of the application's configured cache "stores".
    |
    | Affects: "apc", "dynamodb", "memcached", "redis"
    |
    */

    'store' => env('SESSION_STORE'),
    'session_cookie_domain' => null,

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Sweeping Lottery
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Some session drivers must manually sweep their storage location to get
    | rid of old sessions from storage. Here are the chances that it will
    | happen on a given request. By default, the odds are 2 out of 100.
    |
    */

    'lottery' => [2, 100],

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Cookie Name
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here you may change the name of the cookie used to identify a session
    | instance by ID. The name specified here will get used every time a
    | new session cookie is created by the framework for every driver.
    |
    */

    'cookie' => env(
        'SESSION_COOKIE',
        Str::slug(env('APP_NAME', 'laravel'), '_').'_session'
    ),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Cookie Path
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | The session cookie path determines the path for which the cookie will
    | be regarded as available. Typically, this will be the root path of
    | your application but you are free to change this when necessary.
    |
    */

    'path' => '/',

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Session Cookie Domain
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Here you may change the domain of the cookie used to identify a session
    | in your application. This will determine which domains the cookie is
    | available to in your application. A sensible default has been set.
    |
    */

    'domain' => env('SESSION_DOMAIN'),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | HTTPS Only Cookies
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | By setting this option to true, session cookies will only be sent back
    | to the server if the browser has a HTTPS connection. This will keep
    | the cookie from being sent to you when it can't be done securely.
    |
    */

    'secure' => env('SESSION_SECURE_COOKIE'),

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | HTTP Access Only
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | Setting this value to true will prevent JavaScript from accessing the
    | value of the cookie and the cookie will only be accessible through
    | the HTTP protocol. You are free to modify this option if needed.
    |
    */

    'http_only' => true,

    /*
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    | Same-Site Cookies
    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    |
    | This option determines how your cookies behave when cross-site requests
    | take place, and can be used to mitigate CSRF attacks. By default, we
    | will set this value to "lax" since this is a secure default value.
    |
    | Supported: "lax", "strict", "none", null
    |
    */

    'same_site' => 'lax',

];

Hope it help some one. N.B Final point in .env file

SESSION_SECURE_COOKIE=false

after HTTPS only make it true . Else 'laravel_session' will not "Session"

Thanks

Anes P A