Setting session when login from remember me cookie

On my LoginController, when user successfully authenticated I set some cookies :

/**
     * The user has been authenticated.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  mixed  $user
     * @return mixed
     */
    protected function authenticated(Request $request, $user)
    {
        $request->session()->put('my_session_var', $my_session_value);
        // other things
        return false;
}

However, when I login with remember me checked, and then I reopen the page the next day, i cannot access the 'my_session_var' session.

My question is where can I set a session variable when user are authenticated using "remember me" cookie?

bobbybouwmann

8 years ago

Level 88

Well you can't do that with sessions, because it's a session. You should either store that value in the database and retrieve it using the authenticated user id or store a cookie as well. The session will be gone when you close the browser or when you server restarts. However the cookie will remain active on the users browser.

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