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Last Updated: 2024-04-25
I had the following (buggy) code to store locale in a cookie in some middleware. I tried added it to the incoming request object like so:
<?php
$request->cookie("locale", $locale, $minutesToStore);
$response = $next($request);
This was wrong. Why? You can only set cookies on responses, not requests.
Here's the fix - something working with the $response object.
<?php
$response = $next($request);
$response->cookie("locale", $locale, $minutesToStore);