Mastering Cookies in Laravel: A Step-by-Step Guide

Introduction:
Cookies are an essential part of web development, and they play a crucial role in enhancing user experiences in Laravel applications. They allow you to store and retrieve data on the client-side, making it easier to implement features like user authentication, remember me functionality, and tracking user preferences. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll explore how to use cookies in Laravel, from setting and retrieving them to managing their expiration and security.

Prerequisites:
Before we get started, make sure you have the following prerequisites in place:

1. A Laravel application (if you don’t have one, you can start by installing Laravel using Composer).
2. Basic knowledge of Laravel and PHP.

Step 1: Create a New Laravel Project
If you haven’t already, create a new Laravel project using the following command:

composer create-project laravel/laravel your-project-name

Step 2: Basic Cookie Usage
Laravel provides a convenient cookie() helper function for working with cookies. Let's start by setting a basic cookie in a route.

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cookie;

Route::get('/set-cookie', function…