Unexpected Behavior with PHP 8.2 Session Handling in Laravel When Using Middleware
Quick question that's been bugging me - I am experiencing an unexpected issue with session handling in a Laravel 10 application running on PHP 8.2. I have a middleware that is supposed to check if a user is authenticated and set a session variable accordingly. However, I find that the session variable is not persisting across requests, leading to unexpected behavior in my application. Here’s the middleware code: ```php namespace App\Http\Middleware; use Closure; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session; class CheckAuthentication { public function handle($request, Closure $next) { if ($request->user()) { Session::put('isAuthenticated', true); } else { Session::forget('isAuthenticated'); } return $next($request); } } ``` I have ensured that the middleware is registered in the `Kernel.php` file and is being executed, but when I try to access the `isAuthenticated` session variable in my controller, it returns `null` if the request is a redirect. My controller code looks like this: ```php public function dashboard(Request $request) { if (Session::get('isAuthenticated')) { return view('dashboard'); } return redirect()->route('login'); } ``` I also checked the session configuration in `config/session.php`, which is set to use the file driver. When I test the application, I see that the session file is created, but the value for the `isAuthenticated` key seems to be lost after the redirect. I’ve tried using `dd(Session::all())` after setting the session variable and before the redirect, and it shows the correct state, but it is empty on the next request. I even tried setting session cookies explicitly in the middleware, but that didn’t yield any results. Is there something I might be missing here regarding session handling in Laravel when using middleware? Any insights would be much appreciated! For context: I'm using Php on macOS. Any help would be greatly appreciated!