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jamiecressey/php-mysql-session-handler
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MySQL PHP Session Handler

0.0.1(10y ago)1390014MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Oct 6Pushed 10y ago2 watchersCompare

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PHP MySQL Session Handler
=========================

[](#php-mysql-session-handler)

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This repository contains a custom PHP session handler using MySQL as a backend. The class has been tested successfully using PHP-FPM and HHVM. To get started, it is recommended, although not required, this class is used in conjunction with [PHP-MySQL-PDO-Database-Class](https://github.com/JamieCressey/php-mysql-pdo-database-class).

How to Install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

#### using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/)

[](#using-composer)

Create a composer.json file in your project root:

```
{
    "require": {
        "jamiecressey/php-mysql-session-handler": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Then run the following composer command:

```
$ php composer.phar install
```

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

```
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `sessions` (
    `id` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
    `timestamp` int(10) unsigned DEFAULT NULL,
    `data` mediumtext,
    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
    KEY `timestamp` (`timestamp`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
```

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
$handler = new \JamieCressey\SessionHandler\SessionHandler();

// Pass DB details to create a new MySQLi connection
$handler->setDbDetails('localhost', 'username', 'password', 'database');
// OR alternatively, inject an existing MySQLi resource
// $db = new Db(); // See: https://github.com/jamiecressey/php-mysql-pdo-database-class
// $handler->setDbConnection($db);

$handler->setDbConnection($db);
$handler->setDbTable('sessions');
session_set_save_handler($handler, true);
session_start();
```

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

[Jamie Cressey](https://github.com/JamieCressey)

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT Public License

###  Health Score

29

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LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community12

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

3868d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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