Laravel 4 not passing session value from controller to view

Question

I had a controller and in it I am storing a session value like this

if(!Session::isStarted())
   Session::start();
}
Session::put('total', $total);

In the view I'm trying to retrieve this value:

if(!Session::isStarted()){
    Session::start();
}
var_dump(Session::all());  // <-- value 'total' not showing

This is the output of the session

array(2) { ["_token"]=> string(40) "IzsMtiTOfMpoOzLj53YyMYEMAUHr4mLMnIAWcnaJ" ["flash"]=> array(2) { ["old"]=> array(0) { } ["new"]=> array(0) { } } }

I already solved!, I just needed to put Session::save() (I'm using file driver) — Flavio
– Flavio, Commented Apr 11, 2014 at 22:08

The Alpha · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-12 02:17:41Z

1

You don't need to use this:

if(!Session::isStarted())
    Session::start();
}

The session will be started by framework, you can simply use this:

Session::put('total', $total);

All you need to configure/set the driver in app/config/session.php file and by default Laravel uses file driver, it is set in the app/config/session.php like this:

'driver' => 'file',

Laravel 4 not passing session value from controller to view

Actually you don't need to pass the session, if you set the session anywhere in your application then it'll be available in anywhere through your application, you can access it from your view, you don't need to pass it but you have to set/put the value in the session before you access it.

edited Apr 12, 2014 at 2:17

answered Apr 12, 2014 at 2:11

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6 Comments

Flavio Over a year ago

Thanks for the tip, the only thing I was missing is to save the session data like Session::save()

The Alpha Over a year ago

Welcome :-) Btw, I think you need to read the documentation and also if you have confusing about session in PHP then you should read the PHP manual.

Flavio Over a year ago

Yes I check the documentation but it says nothing about the save() method.

The Alpha Over a year ago

It's because that is not required by a end user We don't need to start or stop it, it's framework's responsibility, we just need to tell which driver we want to use.

Flavio Over a year ago

I'm talking about the save method not Session::start()

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