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imarc/craft-dbsessions
======================

A database session handler specifically for Craft CMS

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Craft DB Sessions Handler
=========================

[](#craft-db-sessions-handler)

For Craft 2.x. Sets up a database sesssion handler using Craft's existing DB and Caching libraries to ensure that only a single database connection is ever created.

This is not a true Craft plugin, but is best distributed as one.

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

[](#installation)

Install through composer (recommended):

```
composer require imarc/craft-dbsessions

```

Alternatively place all files into a `craft/plugins/dbsessions` directory.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add the following at the very top of your `public/index.php` file:

```
require __DIR__ . '/../craft/plugins/dbsessions/SessionHandler.php';
\Imarc\CraftDatabaseSessions\SessionHandler::register();

```

Your sessions will now be stored in craft's database instead of on the filesystem.

The `dbsessions_sessions` database table used by this library *should* be created automatically. If there are restrictive database permissions, you can use the following migration to create the table manually:

```
CREATE TABLE dbsessions_sessions (
    id char(128) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
    expire int(11) NULL,
    value longblob NULL
);

```

Why?
----

[](#why)

Sometimes, in an high-availability environment with multiple application servers, storing the sessions directly on the filesystem is not ideal as there is no consistency to which application server an end-user is hitting. **Redis or Memcached is recommended over using the DB for sessions** as Craft can work with those out of the box, but DB is fine if those services aren't available for whatever reason.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~1168 days

Total

2

Last Release

2027d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02020-12-03

### Community

Maintainers

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