Laravel controller cannot return session variables

Question

I'm learning Laravel and I'm trying to put a success message into the session and show it in the view but it doesn't seem to work

This is my code in the view section

<div class="col-sm-12 col-xl-12">
            @if (session()->has('msg'))
                <h5> {{ session('msg') }}</h5>
            @endif

This is the controller function I use to add new content and put messages into the session

public function store(CatalogRequest $request)
{

    $status=$this->catalog->insert([
        'name' => $request->name,
        'status' => $request->status
    ]);

    if($status){
        $msg = "Directory added successfully";
        $color = 'success';
    }else{
        $msg = "Failed to add directory";
        $color = 'red';
    }

    session()->put('msg',$msg);

    return redirect('catalog');
}

Answer 1

Try this

session()->flash('msg', ['text' => $msg, 'color' => $color]);

In blade template

<div class="col-sm-12 col-xl-12">
    @if (session()->has('msg'))
        <h5 style="color: {{ session('msg.color') }}">{{session('msg.text') }}</h5>
    @endif
</div>

In this code, I made sure to include the correct imports, use the correct method for data insertion, and use the flash() method instead of the put() method to temporarily store the message in the session. In addition, the color of the message is also stored in the session for better control over styling.

Alternatively, you can try binding it using the WITH method.

return back()->with('msg', 'Your message');

You can use redirect() redirect()->route() and other methods. Also, please read the docs carefully, you will get a lot of ideas from it.