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asdfdotdev/session
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The asdf\_ session class endeavors to make it easier to use basic best practices in PHP sessions.

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Session
=======

[](#session)

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This class endeavors to make it easy to use better sessions in PHP scripts.

- Easily set, increment, append, hash, and drop session values
- Custom session naming
- Simple session fingerprint check
- Regenerate session id at random intervals
- Change session id length & bits per character\*
- HTTPOnly session cookie
- Decoy PHPSESSID cookie
- Force session strict mode\*
- Force session use only cookies\*
- Force HTTPS only session cookies\*
- Supports PHP 7.2+

\* Requires `ini_set()` method be enabled.

### Compatibility

[](#compatibility)

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Session class is developed for and tested with recent PHP Version:

- PHP 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.0, 8.1

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require asdfdotdev/session

```

Use
---

[](#use)

A number of usage examples are included in `_examples/`. Check out the examples [README](./_examples/README.md) for further details.

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

Information regarding the included tests is available in the tests the [README](./_test#readme).

[Build history can be browsed at GitHub.](https://github.com/asdfdotdev/session/actions)

Standards
---------

[](#standards)

This class follows [PSR-12](https://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-12/) code standards.

Debugging
---------

[](#debugging)

By default basic checks are performed when creating a session:

- **Session Lifespan:** Prevents min lifespan from being greater than max lifespan.
- **System Timezone:** Confirms default timezone is configured for PHP, if not UTC is set.

Additional optional debugging can be enabled in session settings:

- **PHP Version:** Confirms the version available is 7.2.0 or newer
- **Session Directory:** Confirms write access to PHP session directory
- **Session Domain:** Confirms session domain setting matches the request domain

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Feedback, bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests are welcome!

If you'd like to contribute please reference our [code of conduct](./.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) and [contributing](./.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) guides.

###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance62

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~230 days

Total

5

Last Release

1539d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![chrislarrycarl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7042731?v=4)](https://github.com/chrislarrycarl "chrislarrycarl (16 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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