Artisan command for clearing all session data in Laravel
UPDATE: This question seems to be asked quite often and many people are still actively commenting on it.
In practice, it is a horrible idea to flush sessions using the
php artisan key:generate
It may wreak all kinds of havoc. The best way to do it is to clear whichever system you are using.
The Lazy Programmers guide to flushing all sessions:
php artisan key:generate
Will make all sessions invalid because a new application key is specified
The not so Lazy approach
php artisan make:command FlushSessions
and then insert
<?php
namespace App\Console\Commands;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use DB;
class flushSessions extends Command
{
/**
* The name and signature of the console command.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $signature = 'session:flush';
/**
* The console command description.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $description = 'Flush all user sessions';
/**
* Create a new command instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
/**
* Execute the console command.
*
* @return mixed
*/
public function handle()
{
DB::table('sessions')->truncate();
}
}
and then
php artisan session:flush
If you are using file based sessions, you can use the following linux command to clean the sessions folder out:
rm -f storage/framework/sessions/*