Small update to update checker.

app/Events/RequestedVersionCheckStatus.php

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * RequestedVersionCheckStatus.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III.
+ *
+ * Firefly III is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Firefly III is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Firefly III. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Events;
+
+use FireflyIII\User;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+
+
+/**
+ * Class RequestedVersionCheckStatus
+ */
+class RequestedVersionCheckStatus extends Event
+{
+    use SerializesModels;
+
+    /**
+     * @var User
+     */
+    public $user;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new event instance. This event is triggered when Firefly III wants to know
+     * what the deal is with the version checker.
+     *
+     * @param User $user
+     */
+    public function __construct(User $user)
+    {
+        $this->user = $user;
+    }
+}

app/Handlers/Events/VersionCheckEventHandler.php

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace FireflyIII\Handlers\Events;
 
 use FireflyConfig;
+use FireflyIII\Events\RequestedVersionCheckStatus;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Auth\Events\Login;
 use Log;
@@ -33,10 +34,11 @@ use Log;
  */
 class VersionCheckEventHandler
 {
+
     /**
-     * @param Login $event
+     * @param RequestedVersionCheckStatus $event
      */
-    public function checkForUpdates(Login $event)
+    public function checkForUpdates(RequestedVersionCheckStatus $event)
     {
         // in Sandstorm, cannot check for updates:
         $sandstorm = 1 === intval(getenv('SANDSTORM'));

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/UpdateController.php

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
     {
         $checkForUpdates = intval($request->get('check_for_updates'));
         FireflyConfig::set('permission_update_check', $checkForUpdates);
+        FireflyConfig::set('last_update_check', time());
         Session::flash('success', strval(trans('firefly.configuration_updated')));
 
         return redirect(route('admin.update-check'));
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
     public function updateCheck()
     {
         $current = config('firefly.version');
-        $request = new UpdateRequest();
+        /** @var UpdateRequest $request */
+        $request = app(UpdateRequest::class);
         $check   = -2;
         try {
             $request->call();

app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers;
 use Artisan;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use DB;
+use FireflyIII\Events\RequestedVersionCheckStatus;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Collector\JournalCollectorInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Http\Middleware\IsDemoUser;
@@ -234,6 +235,9 @@ class HomeController extends Controller
             $transactions[] = [$set, $account];
         }
 
+        // fire check update event:
+        event(new RequestedVersionCheckStatus(auth()->user()));
+
         return view(
             'index',
             compact('count', 'subTitle', 'transactions', 'showDeps', 'billCount', 'start', 'end', 'today')

app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace FireflyIII\Providers;
 
 use FireflyIII\Events\RegisteredUser;
+use FireflyIII\Events\RequestedVersionCheckStatus;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Models\PiggyBank;
 use FireflyIII\Models\PiggyBankRepetition;
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             // is a User related event.
             Login::class                                  => [
                 'FireflyIII\Handlers\Events\UserEventHandler@checkSingleUserIsAdmin',
+
+            ],
+            RequestedVersionCheckStatus::class            => [
                 'FireflyIII\Handlers\Events\VersionCheckEventHandler@checkForUpdates',
             ],