phplaravellaravel-cashier

Trial is different in stripe gateway

I am using Cashier in Laravel 9 and trying to redirect the user to the stripe gateway with 14 days trial, but on the gateway, it shows 13 days. What can be the problem?

public function paymentForm(Plan $plan)
{
    $user = Auth::user();

    $subscription = $user
        ->newSubscription($plan->name, $plan->price_id);

    if($plan->trial) {
        $subscription->trialDays($plan->trial);
    }

   return $subscription->checkout([
    'success_url' => route('success_page').'?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}',
    'cancel_url' => route('failed_page'),
]);

}

I tested this code by changing trial days, and here are my responses for the trial:

$subscription->trialDays(0); => returns 1
$subscription->trialDays(1); => returns 1
$subscription->trialDays(2); => returns 1
$subscription->trialDays(20); => returns 19
Solution

  • The issue is because of the difference between Stripe and Laravel Cashier trial periods. Stripe uses seconds to count the trial period and Laravel Cashier uses days.

    Use trialUntil()

    if ($plan->trial) {
    $trialEnd = now()->addDays($plan->trial);
    $subscription->trialUntil($trialEnd);
}