Using session_start with Laravel OR using Laravel sessions across php files - php

Question

I am using a Laravel app, and on one of my custom pages I have the following:
index1.php:
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../vanguard/extra/auth.php';
$request->session()->forget('token1');
$request->session()->put('token1', $generate_token1);
$request->session()->keep(['token1']);
redirectTo('index2.php');
index2.php:
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../vanguard/extra/auth.php';
$token1 = $request->session()->get('token1');
echo $token1;
It seem's the session isn't being saved across the pages. If I use all the code on one file it works. Any ideas?
I am using this because I can't seem to use session_start(); with Laravel.

Answer 1

Rather making a custom page make a class
define a class with a namespace
and use it in any of your pages inside any page like below.
Here are my steps :
The content for app/library/myFunctions.php is below :
<?php namespace App\library {
class myFunctions {
public function is_ok() {
return 'myFunction is OK';
}
}
}
?>
At resources/views/test.blade.php , I added :
<?php
$FmyFunctions1 = new myFunctions;
$is_ok = ($FmyFunctions1->is_ok());
?>
Then at composer.json within "autoload": I added :
"files": [
"app/library/myFunctions.php"
],
And within app\Http\Controllers\HomeController.php at public index() I add :
return view('test');