PHP sessions not available in Laravel?

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New to Laravel and having some problems with Sessions.

In my Linux server I have some PHP scripts stored on sub-domains, one of them is with Laravel.

I set all of them like so:

session_name("examplecom_session");
session_set_cookie_params(0, '/', '.example.com');
session_start();

I can retrieve all my $_SESSION data array across all my sub-domains except in Laravel.

How can I solve this?

Possible duplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22052140/how-to-access-the-globals-session-and-cookie-from-a-laravel-app — SameOldNick, Nov 09 '17 at 18:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 09 '17 at 19:04

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Doing session('variableA, 'myvalue') will actually set myvalue as the default value, this is not the correct way to set the value of a session variable.

Instead you would do session(['variableA' => 'myvalue']) to set the session using the global helper.

Most settings are done in the config files regarding your question about session_set_cookie_params.

I would recommend you to read up on it at https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/session#storing-data

answered Nov 09 '17 at 19:04

coleander

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but I don't set the main session in a Laravel environment. Basically in Laravel I need to retrieve my session name (created on a different not Laravel main domain) – Simon Orro Nov 09 '17 at 19:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 09 '17 at 18:47

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You can get your session variables with Laravel session() function. like

$a = session('VariableA')

it will return session $variableA or if you want to set $variableA as a session variable you just do: session('variableA', 'value')

answered Nov 09 '17 at 18:47

Radu

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Hi Radu, so I can use it like `$a = session('examplecom_session')` ? – Simon Orro Nov 09 '17 at 18:50
but then how do I `session_set_cookie_params` ? – Simon Orro Nov 09 '17 at 18:52
All info about session you can find here: [Laravel session] (https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/session#using-the-session) – Radu Nov 09 '17 at 18:54
don't focus on my question...I need to retrieve $SESSION data from a PHP domain – Simon Orro Nov 09 '17 at 18:58
Then in the controller function you can use a Request $request parameter and after that: $data = $request->session()->all(); It will give you back all the session data. – Radu Nov 09 '17 at 19:03

PHP sessions not available in Laravel?

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