packfire/session

PHP session made easy with Packfire Session library.

Packfire Session

PHP session made easy with Packfire Session library., _(*1)

Packfire Session aims to abstract and improve the behaviour of PHP Session for out-of-the-box usage with improved security., _(*2)

Installation

Use Composer to include Packfire Session in your project., _(*3)

{
    "require": {
        "packfire/session": "1.0.*"
    }
}

Run Composer to install Packfire Session for use with your project., _(*4)

$ composer install

Usage

The Session class is the main class we can work the session from., _(*5)

To initiate a session:, _(*6)

<?php
use Packfire\Session\Session;
use Packfire\Session\Storage\SessionStorage;

$session = new Session(new SessionStorage());
if (!Session::detectCookie()) { // only register session if cookie is not found.
    Session::register(); // session_start();
}

To regenerate a new Session ID (recommended when users sign in / out to improve security):, _(*7)

$session->regenerate();

Invalidate a session (session is kept registered, but all values are cleared, session ID is regenerated):, _(*8)

$session->invalidate();

Destroy a session (session ID is removed entirely):, _(*9)

Session::unregister();

Session Buckets are great way to scope down your session variables. To get started working with session buckets:, _(*10)

$bucket = $session->bucket('form');
$bucket->set('txtName', $_POST['txtName']);