How to set and retrieve cookie in laravel 5.2 - cookies

Question

I am using laravel 5.2 and I have to create keep me logged in functionality.
I have used below code to set cookie:
$response->withCookie(cookie('email', $request['email'], 60));
for this I have included below namespace:
use Cookie;
After setting cookie I printed response and get something like below:
Response {#1028
+original: ""
+exception: null
+headers: ResponseHeaderBag {#1029
#computedCacheControl: array:1 [
"no-cache" => true
]
#cookies: array:1 [
"" => array:1 [
"/" => array:1 [
"email" => Cookie {#989
#name: "email"
#value: "abc#gmail.com"
#domain: null
#expire: 90012626276.0
#path: "/"
#secure: false
#httpOnly: true
}
]
]
]
But When I try retrieving this cookie using any of below code it returned 'null'
$request->cookie('email');
OR
echo cookie::get('email');
Searching on web didn't helped much as I don't have much time therefore posted it over here.
Also It would be great if someone can explain that would it be fine if I use setcookie php function to set cookie?
My colleague asked me to use laravel specific functions. So I am trying to implement -->
$response->withCookie(cookie('email', $request['email'], 60));
Thanks!!

Answer 1

To set a cookie you should use the following code without calling cookie() function:
$response->withCookie('email', $request['email'], 60);