Laravel 11 : Custom package does not generate CSRF token.

#laravel #csrf #package

I encountered this problem while trying to generate csrf token in form on a laravel 11 based custom package.

The routes in my custom package already included the default web middleware but still it was not generating the needed csrf token for routes and views which belonged to the custom laravel package.

The solution was to include StartSession and VerifyCsrfToken middleware manually inside the app.php file to be used as a global middleware.

<?php

use Illuminate\Foundation\Application;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Exceptions;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Configuration\Middleware;

return Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))
    ->withRouting(
        web: __DIR__.'/../routes/web.php',
        commands: __DIR__.'/../routes/console.php',
        health: '/up',
    )
    ->withMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {
        $middleware->append(\Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class);
        $middleware->append(\Illuminate\Foundation\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class);
    })
    ->withExceptions(function (Exceptions $exceptions) {
        //
    })->create();