accessTokenExpired is null in session on PHP SDK

[admin71]

Hi there,

The response I get from getCredentials does not seem to contain any function for accessTokenExpired. When I print_r the $session, I see an access token expiry UNIX time, and an index “accessTokenExpired”, with nothing set to it, and calling that method I get an error confirming:

 Call to undefined method stdClass::accessTokenExpired()

My code is very simple, it’s just:

$session = $auth0->getCredentials();
$sessionExpiry = $session->accessTokenExpired();

I’m super confused because this seems like a well documented method that should exist? It’s baffling to me. I’m also confused about how I’m supposed to know when a new session has been started, and the existing one has been killed - how can I kill the existing session if, for example, someone else logged in with the same credentials on another computer?

[evansims]

Hi @admin71

Sorry for the confusion! getCredentials() returns an object representing the state of the session but not a class that would contain functions. In this case, you would use:

$sessionExpirey = $session->accessTokenExpired, which will be a boolean.

[admin71]

Thanks for the quick response, and from you! The reason I thought this was correct syntax was because of this in examples.md: https://github.com/auth0/auth0-PHP/blob/6764f477abaad9cd2a415308a4f8c1b200358af7/EXAMPLES.md?plain=1#L168

Edit: That uses the correct syntax, not sure where I got it from in that case. Edit 2: OH you edited it good to know im not crazy!

[evansims]

Yeah thanks for spotting that! Entirely my bad

[admin71]

Am I correct in saying this will return nothing unless it’s expired, in which case it returns true?

[evansims]

Right, it will return true when the authenticated session has expired, but false in all other cases. (Unless there isn’t an authenticated session at all, in which case getCredentials() returns null anyway.)