How can I tell when a client is offline?

[edalzell]

I need to do “stuff” when a user goes offline (close window), in a chat. Is there a way to detect that via Wave somehow?

I’m trying to use the Echo Presence stuff but when the use closes the browser I want to mark them offline.

anyone done this?

[slavarazum]

The "leave" event for presence channels is triggered by the beforeunload window event. This event ensures that the channel is unsubscribed when the window is closed.

[edalzell]

that event is not reliable (I've found), but I do see that when the ping fails a "leave" event is triggered. Having some difficulties with Livewire/Echo events, not sure where the issue is.

[slavarazum]

The PHP script cannot determine when a connection has been aborted. It can only verify if the connection is still active when a new event occurs. Therefore, if the beforeunload event is not triggered to send the leave event when the user closes the window, the ping event will double-check and discard outdated connections. However, when the user closes a browser window tab, the beforeunload event is fired as expected.

[edalzell]

Any chance I can hire you for an hour to help me through this issue? trying to launch a SaaS platform and this is the last major unresolved issue. Bet you can solve it quickly.

[slavarazum]

You can manage a user's online status using presence channels.