Laravel session key is null after put in session

Question

I have a wired problem. Im put in session some string/object, and when i want to get it is not there.

This is the code:

class CartController extends \BaseController
{

    public function index()
    {
        return Session::all(); // items is not there
    }

    public function store()
    {
        Session::put('items', Input::get('items'));
    }

}

in angular:

this.saveItemsToSession = function() {
    $http.post('cart', {
      items: 'test even string'
    });
  };

What can cause this problem?

Its seems like Session dont work. This way is working:

session_start();
class CartController extends \BaseController
{

    public function index()
    {
        return $_SESSION['items'];
    }

    public function store()
    {
        $_SESSION['items'] = Input::get('items');
    }

}

If you put static data in the session, does it work? `Session::put('items', 'test string');` — lukasgeiter, Dec 16 '14 at 12:49
I found solution but is very wired, i needed to add session_start in the CartController, why you think is that? — , Dec 16 '14 at 12:55
Hmm that's weird. Does only `Session::put` not work without `session_start` or all the session access in `CartController`? — lukasgeiter, Dec 16 '14 at 12:58
Well using `$_SESSION` isn't very pretty. Try the `Session` class again but `return null;` from `store()` — lukasgeiter, Dec 16 '14 at 13:02
It's somewhere deep in a Symphony class. Have you tried my suggestion? — lukasgeiter, Dec 16 '14 at 13:08
Go back to what you had in the beginning and add `return null;` at the end of the `store` method — lukasgeiter, Dec 16 '14 at 13:11
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/67009/discussion-between-user4207046-and-lukasgeiter). — , Dec 16 '14 at 13:14

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '16 at 06:58

From laravel docs : https://laravel.com/docs/master/routing

Any routes not placed within the web middleware group will not have access to sessions and CSRF protection, so make sure any routes that need these features are placed within the group. Typically, you will place most of your routes within this group:

Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
     //all routes
});

Put your all routes inside middleware and your problem will solve.

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '15 at 05:27

    Session::all()

return array of all session variables, while

    $_SESSION['items']

return session of 'items', and both output are different. To get the

    $_SESSION['items']

value, Here are a few ways:

    Session::all()['items']

or

    Session::get('items')

score -3 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 19 '15 at 17:18

-3

Are you using sub-domains at all?

answered Jan 19 '15 at 17:18

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