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metarush/cookie-sessions
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Storageless sessions using encrypted cookies as session handler

v3.1.0(3y ago)21441MITPHPPHP >=8.1

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metarush/cookie-sessions
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[](#metarushcookie-sessions)

Storageless sessions using encrypted cookies as session handler

This library is a drop-in replacement for traditional session stores like filesystem, database, memory, etc.. Use this library to leverage browser cookies as session store and gain scalability without the maintenance of traditional session stores.

Install
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[](#install)

Install via composer as `metarush/cookie-sessions`

Usage
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[](#usage)

1. Generate an encryption key by typing `vendor/bin/generate-defuse-key` in your terminal.
2. Define cookie options (refer to the **options** parameter of the [\\setcookie()](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php) function).

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