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joem/simple-session
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Manage session information with a simple interface

v1.0.0(4y ago)16MITPHP

Since Jun 18Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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A very simple & lightweight session manager for PHP.
========================================================

[](#a-very-simple--lightweight-session-manager-for-php)

I find array accessing in HTML ugly. This package was created through the pain of handling sessions in WordPress templates.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
session_start();

require_once "vendor/autoload.php";

session_has('username'); // false

session_set('username', 'joe');

session_has('username'); // true

session_get('username'); // 'joe'
```

Alternatively, you can directly access the static class methods:

Coming soon
-----------

[](#coming-soon)

- Flash session messages

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

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

1794d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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