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damess/expressive-session-middleware
====================================

Simple session middleware for Zend Expressive

1.0.2(10y ago)1012.2k81MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

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expressive-session-middleware
=============================

[](#expressive-session-middleware)

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Simple session middleware for Zend Expressive

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require damess/expressive-session-middleware
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add the following factories to your container config

```
return [
    'dependencies' => [
        'factories'  => [
            DaMess\Http\SessionMiddleware::class    => DaMess\Factory\SessionMiddlewareFactory::class,
            Aura\Session\Session::class             => DaMess\Factory\AuraSessionFactory::class,
        ],
    ],
];
```

Set up the pre-routing middleware.

```
return [
    'middleware_pipeline' => [
        'always' => [
            'middleware' => [
                DaMess\Http\SessionMiddleware::class,
            ],
            'priority' => 10000,
        ],
    ],
];
```

Get the session object from the request

```
/**
 * @param ServerRequestInterface $request
 * @param ResponseInterface $response
 * @return ResponseInterface
 */
public function __invoke(ServerRequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response)
{
    /**
     * @var \Aura\Session\Session $session
     */
    $session = $request->getAttribute(\DaMess\Http\SessionMiddleware::KEY);
}
```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

The session can be configured by adding the following data to your configuration i.e. session.global.php. See [session.global.php.dist](config/session.global.php.dist)

```
return [
    'session' => [
        'name'     => 'PHPSESSID',
        'lifetime' => 7200,
        'path'     => null,
        'domain'   => null,
        'secure'   => false,
        'httponly' => true,
    ],
];
```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

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

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.3% 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 ~115 days

Total

3

Last Release

3654d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

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