If you wish to add flash data to a redirect and show the message on the destination page instead, Livewire is smart enough to persist the flash data for one more request. For example:
return redirect('contactform/')->with('message','Your message has been sent!');
@if (session('message')) <div class="alert alert-success"> {{ session('message') }} </div> @endif
In PHP:
session_start();
$_SESSION['flash'] = 'Registered';
session_start();
if (isset($_SESSION['flash'])) {
echo $_SESSION['flash'];
unset($_SESSION['flash']);
}