README

Very simple package to store query-string data in the session on Laravel 5.x applications

Installation

• Install the package with composer install meerkatmcr/simple-query-memory
• Put the \MeerkatMcr\SimpleQueryMemory\Middleware\RememberQueryString middleware in the $routeMiddleware array in app/Http/Kernel.php. The usage instructions will assume that it is named query.

Usage

Storing data

On a route where you want the query string to be remembered in the session, add the query middleware with a parameter which will identify that particular route's data when it is retrieved. For example:

Route::get('welcome', 'WelcomeController')->middleware('query:welcome');

Retrieving data

To retrieve the data, use the \MeerkatMcr\SimpleQueryMemory\Facades\QueryString facade. This provides a QueryString::get() method. Give that method the route's key, and all data stored will be returned: QueryString::get('welcome'). If there is no data, null will be returned.

To retrieve particular items, pass a list of names as the second argument: QueryString::get('welcome', ['id', 'name']). This will return an associative array of those items. If a particular item is not stored, the array will be missing that key. In particular, if no items are found at all, an empty array will be returned.

Deleting data

To forget all data stored for a particular route, call QueryString::forget() with that route's key: QueryString::forget('welcome').

Notes

Data is stored in the session under query_string, with each key's data kept separately. For example, the data for the key welcome is stored under query_string.welcome.