Level 20
use global helper
session()->put('blah', 'testvar');
and will get it
session()->get('blah);
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Jan 24, 2017
5
Level 1
Session values lost after redirect
I have to issue a redirect using the native PHP way, as I'm depending on an external library. When I write values to the session before doing the redirect using header(), they are lost after the request has been redirected.
function someLibraryFunction() {
$request = request();
$request->session()->put('foo', 'bar');
// This does work: echo redirect('/get');
// But this doesn't:
header('Location: /get');
exit;
};
// These are web routes that have the relevant session middleware applied to them.
Route::get('/set', function (Request $request) {
someLibraryFunction();
});
Route::get('/get', function (Request $request) {
print_r($request->session()->all()); // 'foo' is not set here.
});
NOTE: I've verified that session()-getId() is the same before and after the redirect.
Any ideas?
Level 1
Doesn't make a difference unfortunately
Level 75
This issue has come up many times before I forget what the exact solution was but do a Google Search and it was answered previously. It seems this issue pops up monthly again sorry I do not remember what the solution was. I do remember one solution had to do with the order of the routes.
Level 1
Calling $request->session()->save() before redirecting fixes it. Apparently, actual writing to the session is delayed.
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Level 1
https://laravel.com/docs/master/session#flash-data
"If you need to keep your flash data around for several requests, you may use the reflash method, which will keep all of the flash data for an additional request. If you only need to keep specific flash data, you may use the keep method:"
$request->session()->reflash();
$request->session()->keep(['username', 'email']);
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