How to prevent session/cookie refresh in laravel?

@shyann 

To prevent session or cookie refresh in Laravel, you can follow these steps:

1. Update the config/session.php file in your Laravel project.
2. Set the value of the lifetime option to a higher value, such as 120 minutes, to extend the session timeout.
3. Set the value of the expire_on_close option to false to prevent the session from expiring when the browser is closed.
4. Set the value of the same_site option to 'none' to allow cross-site cookies for session persistence.

Here is an example of how the updated session configuration might look like:

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return [
    // ...
    'lifetime' => 120,
    'expire_on_close' => false,
    'same_site' => 'none',
];

1. Additionally, you can also set the HttpOnly flag to false in the config/session.php file to allow JavaScript access to the session cookie. However, this is not recommended for security reasons.

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return [
    // ...
    'http_only' => false,
];

By adjusting these session configuration options, you can prevent the session or cookie from refreshing and maintain persistent sessions in Laravel.