Persisting Sessions across Subdomains

I have already tried to change session config :

'domain' => '.example.com'

But whenever i make this change.. Auth::check() stops working or i get TokenMismatchException if i try to login through private window..

I also tried deleting browser cache & cookies but i am still stuck on TokenMIsmatch after doing that.

Any help would be appreciated.

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@bytefury have you tried to prefix it with a *?

'domain' => '*.example.com'

Also, you may want change your session driver to something like memcached or redis (preferred) on another server.

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@bytefuy the only thing that worked for me is setting the driver to database.

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Also i would like to mention that i am currently testing this locally on 'shop.app' . Does it have anything to with that?

Sessions are working fine after hardcoded the domain name' :

'domain' => '.shop.app'

Is this the correct way to go?

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Okay figured out this headache!! Note, I am using Homestead.

So, you have to do a few things:

Update the url configuration in config/app.php from http://localhost to the actual URL you are using, http://domain.com
Update the domain configuration in config/session.php to .domain.com (make sure you insert the "." prefix)

If using Homestead, I highly recommend using Redis for the session handler since it basically comes out of the box. To do so:

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