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1. Sessions in Laravel 5

2. routes/web.php
<?php
Route::get('/','SessionController@index');
Route::get('view','SessionController@view');
Route::get('set','SessionController@set');
Route::get('delete','SessionController@delete');

3. SessionController
<?php
namespace AppHttpControllers;
use IlluminateHttpRequest;
class SessionController extends Controller
{
public function index(){
return view('main_view');
}
//print the data for the key univ
public function view(Request $request){
if($request->session()->has('univ')){
echo $request->session()->get('univ');
}

4. //print the data for the key color
if($request->session()->has('color')){
$data=$request->session()->get('color');
foreach ( $data as $key=>$var )
{
print "<br/>$key = = > $var<br/>";
}
}else
echo 'No data in the session';
}

5. public function set(Request $request){
$colors=array('red','yellow','blue');
//add a varible to session
$request->session()->put('univ','"Al. I. Cuza"');
//add a string to session
$request->session()->put('color',$colors);
//add another value to an existing string in
session
$request->session()->push('color','magenta');
echo "Data has been added to session";
}

6. public function delete(Request $request){
//delete the values for the key univ
$request->session()->forget('univ');
//delete the values for the key color
$request->session()->forget('color');
//delete all data from session
//$request->session()->flush();
echo "Data has been removed from session.";
}
}

7. resources/views/main_view.blade.php
<?php echo link_to('/view','View Session data');?><br/><br/>
<?php echo link_to('/set','Set Session data');?><br/><br/>
<?php echo link_to('/delete','Delete Session data');?><br/><br/>