Laravel database session not working when setting a session domain - php

Question

I encounter issues with the database driver in order to store sessions cookies:
The database connection is currently working but cookies are not set in the browser however session data are in my database.
I have run:
php artisan session:table
Set database session in my .env file:
SESSION_DRIVER=database
Bellow the config/session.php file:
[
'driver' => env('SESSION_DRIVER', 'file'),
'connection' => 'mysql',
'table' => 'sessions',
]
EDIT 1:
The route in web.php:
Route::group(['domain' => GetDomainInfo::GetDomainName(), 'middleware' => 'web'], function () {
Route::get('/', "HomeController#index");
});
Solved issue by :
I have created for example a localhost domain: webcv by adding to my hosts file:
127.0.0.1 webcv.local
127.0.0.1 admin.webcv.local
Set the session domain to : .webcv.local in config/session.php like so:
'domain' => env('SESSION_DOMAIN', ".webcv.local"),
Or just by adding in the .env file:
SESSION_DOMAIN=.webcv.local
Now I can access to both webcv.local and admin.webcv.local with the same cookie.

Answer 1

When you work with the database driver for sessions, you have to create the session table.
I'll assume you already scaffold the native authentication system by doing php artisan make:auth and migrated the migrations.
So first you generate the migration, and then migrate:
php artisan session:table
Execute the migration:
php artisan migrate
Obviously, this won't work if the routes you're checking on, aren't using the web middleware.
If you're not registering the routes in /routes/web.php, then you have to manually specify the web middleware for them. Either in your controller's constructor, or directly in the route itself.
Edit after fix for future reference:
Also, check your domain in config/session.php is the same you're using in development or production, depending where you are working on.