Enset Laravel Session - PHP

Introduction

The Enset Laravel Session package provides an easy-to-use and secure way to manage session data in Laravel applications. It uses the powerful encryption features of Laravel's Encrypter class to ensure that all session data is encrypted and cannot be accessed by unauthorized users.

Installation

You can install the package using composer:

composer require enset/laravel-session

Then, add the service provider to your config/app.php file:

'providers' => [
    // Other service providers...

    Enset\Session\ServiceProvider::class,
],

Finally, publish the configuration file using the vendor:publish Artisan command:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Enset\Session\ServiceProvider" --tag="config"

Usage

The package provides an easy-to-use Session facade that you can use to interact with the encrypted session data. To store data in the session, simply call the put method on the facade:

use Enset\Session\Session;

// Store a value in the session
Session::put('key', 'value');

To retrieve data from the session, call the get method:

use Enset\Session\Session;

// Retrieve a value from the session
$value = Session::get('key');

You can also retrieve default values if the key does not exist in the session:

use Enset\Session\Session;

// Retrieve a value from the session or return a default value
$value = Session::get('non-existent-key', 'default-value');

To remove a value from the session, call the forget method:

use Enset\Session\Session;

// Remove a value from the session
Session::forget('key');

The package also provides methods for flashing data to the session, which means the data will be available only once. Use the flash method to store flashed data:

use Enset\Session\Session;

// Flash data to the session
Session::flash('key', 'value');

Use the reflash method to keep all flashed data for another request:

use Enset\Session\Session;

// Re-flash all currently flashed data
Session::reflash();

To keep specific flashed data, use the keep method:

use Enset\Session\Session;

// Keep a specific flashed value
Session::keep('key');

Configuration

The package comes with a configuration file that you can use to customize its behavior. The file is located in config/session.php.

By default, the package uses the encrypt driver to encrypt session data. You can change this by modifying the driver key in the configuration file.

You can also specify the key used to encrypt session data, as well as the cipher used by the encrypter, by modifying the key and cipher keys in the configuration file.

For more information on configuring the package, please refer to the comments in the configuration file itself.

Conclusion

The Enset Laravel Session package provides a robust and easy-to-use solution for managing session data in Laravel applications. With its use of Laravel's encryption features, you can be sure that all session data is secure and cannot be accessed by unauthorized users.