Laravel 5.2 - Call to undefined method Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request::session()

Question

I am using session in Laravel 5.2 and here is my Controller code :

if ($request->session()->has('username')) {
        return view('dashboard');
}

I need to use session, and getting this error :

FatalErrorException in HomeController.php line 21: Call to undefined method Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request::session()

How to resolve it ?

Answer 1

Not sure where you have $request coming from, but more than likely you have the wrong type being injected.

If you just want the $request instance you would want to use Illuminate\Http\Request

Kinda looks like you are having the Facade injected instead.

Request (in root namespace) is the Facade that is aliased.

Illuminate\Http\Request is the actual request class you want the instance of.

Answer 2

Try put this at your file begin:

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

I had the same problem and solved this way.