Laravel 5.2 - Sessions not saving

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I'm using Laravel 5.2 and sessions don't seem to be saving.

I've tried both file and database (after creating the sessions table) and neither seem to work.

I've set the file permissions to 777 on storage/framework/sessions and no sessions file is created.

To save a session I'm using:

session(['key' => 'value']);

and to retrieve the session I'm using:

$value = session('key');

But I can't get it to save

Possible duplicate of [Laravel - Session store not set on request](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34449770/laravel-session-store-not-set-on-request) — Bogdan, Feb 12 '16 at 15:19
As @Bogdan pointed out, it's probably because you're not using the `web` middleware. — noodles_ftw, Feb 12 '16 at 15:24
This Middleware appears to have caused quite a bit of confusion... — Mike Rockétt, Feb 12 '16 at 19:35

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '17 at 11:41

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Ok i had a similar problem but i was already using the 'web' middleware. It turns out that if you are calling die() or dd() before your script has finished executing then your session will not persist!!

See Laravel session data not sticking across page loads

answered Jun 27 '17 at 11:41

omarjebari

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Thanks! dd() was for me the problem. – Flappy May 15 '19 at 11:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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As already answered in here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/34454031/5781420, be sure to assign the "web" middleware to your route or your controller.

You can do this via a Route::group(...);, or just a Route::?(...)->middleware('web'); or even in the controller constructor itself by $this->middleware('web');

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Feb 12 '16 at 23:17

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Laravel 5.2 - Sessions not saving

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