Logging out users - logoutPath & logoutUrl

Question

In the general config settings, one can set a logoutPath, and one can use it using the logoutUrl Global.

However, it says also in the docs: Note that Craft will automatically redirect users to your homepage after going here; there’s no such thing as a “logout page”.

In short; is there any other way to log a user out, besides "triggering" a visit to the predefined logoutPath, which logs users out, but immediately redirects them to the homepage; as it would be more elegant and userfriendly to show some kind of "you've been logged out" message instead first.

Answer 1

Might be going overboard, but you could have a plugin with it's own controller that provided different logout behavior.

But it sounds like to me what you're looking for is something like a 'logoutRedirect' config setting. Probably worth adding to the feedback site!

Answer 2

I use a little hack using the retour plugin to redirect request to login page. It's no longer maintained but it's fully working on Craft CMS 2.x versions.

You need to install this plugin and set new redirect:

Legacy URL Pattern: yourHackyLogoutUrl

Destination URL: youFrontEndLoginUrl

Than you need to add a new route in Settings -> Routes

If the URI looks like this: yourHackyLogoutUrl

Load this template: hacky_logout_template

In your hacky_logout_template add this:

{% do craft.cookies.set( "CSRF" ) %}
{% do craft.cookies.set( "PHPSESSID" ) %}
{% exit 404 %}

By visiting yourHackyLogoutUrl Craft CMS picks the template and reset/remove/end user session. If we wouldn't remove it than we would still be logged in. Be careful. The PHPSESSID cookie name is my custom name for php session cookie. You may have it called differently.

Also to call {% do craft.cookies.set( "PHPSESSID" ) %} you must have a cookie plugin installed. I use the cookies plugin by nystudio107. But this is optional as you can reset cookies by javascript.