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bistro/session
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A session abstraction library

0.1.0(13y ago)58321MITPHPPHP >=5.3

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Bistro: Session
===============

[](#bistro-session)

A Session library for PHP 5.3+. Allows different storage engines to be used.

Engines
-------

[](#engines)

2 Storage engines are included in the library.

### Native

[](#native)

This driver uses the php native `$_SESSION` array to handle the session data.

```
$session = new \Bistro\Session\Native;

$timeout = $session->get('timeout');

if ($timeout === null)
{
	$session->set('timeout', time() + 43200);
}
```

### MockArray

[](#mockarray)

There is also a MockArray storage engine to help with unit testing session data. The MockArray session doesn't save state across "requests".

```
$data = array(
	'test' => "Session data",
	'goes' => "Here"
)

$session = new \Bistro\Session\MockArray($data);

$session->has('test'); // true
$missing = $session->get('missing'); // null
```

Storage Interface
-----------------

[](#storage-interface)

Check `\Bistro\Session\Session` for all of the public methods that are available to a session storage engine.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4880d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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