Laravel 5.2 Session flash not working even with web middleware

Question

I am trying to implement flash messaging using sessions but am unable to do so.

In my controller I have:

public function store(Request $request) {
          


        

Answer 1

I use the following:

In my controller:

public function xyz(){
   // code

   // This
   return redirect()->action('homeController@index')->with('success', 'Check! Everything done!');

    // Or this
    return redirect('/index')->with('success', 'Check! Everything done!');
}

In my view:

@if(session('success'))
    {{ session('success') }}
@endif

Nothing else. The web-middleware is assigned to every route.