user_info supplied to presence subscription is invalid

[mottihoresh]

Pusher : Error : {"type":"WebSocketError","error":{"type":"PusherError","data":{"code":null,"message":"user_info supplied to presence subscription is invalid - if supplied it must be a type of hash"}}}

What type of hash does the library expect?

[mottihoresh]

When passing in an array as the fourth parameter, it seems to work. Might be worth updating the docs for it.

[zimbatm]

Hi @mottihoresh what kind of argument where you passing before ?

[mottihoresh]

I was trying to supply it with a string

[zimbatm]

Not really sure how to follow-up on this one. The error messages might have been easier to understand if it was checked in the PHP lib directly as 'hash' translates to 'array' with key/values in PHP

[leggetter]

Closing since there hasn't been any activity on this one for months.

[gcser]

I have the same error message, using Laravel 5.4, Pusher and Laravel Echo. The problem was in the routes/channels.php file, when you are using PresenceChannels in the channel route's closure you must return with an user array. Read more: Laravel PresenceChannel Doc

Here's my corrected code snippet:

Broadcast::channel('notifications.{userId}', function ($user, $userId) {
    if ($user->id == $userId)
        return ['id' => $user->id, 'name' => $user->name]; // Return the user array not true/false if user can access to channel
});