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anullvalue/phpsessiondbpg
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PHP8.2+ Session Handler using PostgreSQL

v0.06(2y ago)1582MITPHPPHP >=8.2.0CI passing

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PHP8.2+ Session Handler using PostgreSQL
========================================

[](#php82-session-handler-using-postgresql)

> Many solutions/projects will not require the use of database-backed PHP session handling. In event yours does, and your project requires PostgreSQL 9.5+ anyway, I wrote this solution for you.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PostgreSQL 9.5+ (must support "ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE")
- PHP 8.2+
- PostgreSQL connection (via pg\_connect, not PDO)
- Create "session\_data" table as follows (table name (but not schema) may vary; this is just an example):

    ```
      CREATE TABLE public.session_data
      (
          id character varying NOT NULL,
          data character varying NOT NULL,
          touch_epoch integer NOT NULL,
          PRIMARY KEY (id)
      )
      WITH (
          OIDS = FALSE
      )
      TABLESPACE pg_default;

      ALTER TABLE public.session_data
          OWNER to postgres;

      CREATE INDEX session_data__id ON session_data(id);
      CREATE INDEX session_data__touch_epoch ON session_data(touch_epoch);

    ```

Example code
------------

[](#example-code)

```
$dbconn = pg_connect("your connection string here");
require_once 'PHPSessionDbPg.php'; // required only if you are not autoloading this library
$sessions_handler = new \aNullValue\PHPSessionDbPg\PHPSessionDbPg($dbconn,'session_data', 86400);
session_set_save_handler($sessions_handler, true);
session_name('MySessionName'); //optional
session_start();

$_SESSION['something'] = 'foo';
$_SESSION['something_else'] = 'bar';
echo session_id(),'',$_SESSION['something'],'',$_SESSION['something_else'] ;

```

Misc
----

[](#misc)

```
Inspired by https://github.com/iKevinShah/PGSessions

```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~933 days

Total

3

Last Release

801d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.03PHP >=7.0.0

v0.06PHP >=8.2.0

### Community

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