phpgt/session

Encapsulated user sessions.

Encapsulated user sessions.

This library is a simple object oriented alternative to the $_SESSION superglobal allowing application code to be passed encapsulated SessionStore objects, so areas of code can have access to their own Session area without having full read-write access to all session variables., _(*1)

Sessions are addressed using dot notation, allowing for handling categories of session data. This is particularly useful when dealing with user authentication, for example., _(*2)

, _(*3)

Example usage: Welcome a user by their first name or log out the user

if($session->contains("auth")) {
// Remove the *whole* auth section of the session on logout.
    if($action === "logout") {
        $session->delete("auth");
    }
    else {
// Output a variable within the auth namespace:
        $message = "Welcome back, " . $session->getString("auth.user.name");
    }
}
else {
// Pass the "auth" store to a class, so it 
// can't read/write to other session variables:
    AuthenticationSystem::beginLogin($session->getStore("auth"));
}