Larevel - Save last user request timestamp - php

Question

I want to save the datetime of last interaction of a user with the application inside the user table.
I'm using Laravel 8.
I added a column in users table (last_interaction):
Schema::create('users', function(Blueprint $table)
{
$table->engine = 'InnoDB';
$table->integer('id', true);
$table->string('firstname');
$table->string('lastname');
$table->string('username', 192);
$table->string('email', 192);
$table->string('password');
$table->string('avatar')->nullable();
$table->string('phone', 192);
$table->integer('role_id');
$table->boolean('statut')->default(1);
$table->datetime('last_interaction'); //The column where to save the datetime of last interaction
$table->timestamps(6);
$table->softDeletes();
});
Is it possible to update the users table with each request done! or should i do it on login only (for Optimisations) ?

Answer 1

You can make new middleware with this command php artisan make:middleware LastInteraction
App\Http\Middleware\LastInteraction.php:
public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
{
if (Auth::check()) {
$user = Auth::user();
$user->last_interacted = Carbon::now();
$user->save();
}
return $next($request);
}
This will set a field of last_interacted to the current time given this field exists in your migration. If it doesn't exist create one.
App\Http\Kernel.php
protected $middleware = [
(...)
\App\Http\Middleware\LastInteraction::class,
];
This will register the middleware to be applied globally to each route.