I don't understand how my data is directed through session using ->with.
For example I am doing a simple redirect with some data:
return Redirect::to('/event')->with('data', 'hello.');
Now, this code below works fine:
$data = Session::get('data');
echo $data; //it says hello
But this one NOT:
var_dump($_SESSION); //empty array
The var_dump gives me empty array, which means that session doesnt contain anything I guess. While the Session::get() has no problems with it. Why does that happen? Please explain it to me a little bit.
For security reasons Laravel uses its own custom session handler which doesn't populate $_SESSION superglobals with your session variables, so to work with laravel session you should only use Session facade's methods