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mouf/utils.session.session-manager
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This package is used to manage sessions. It provides a DefaultSessionManager class that you can use to configure your PHP sessions, and a SessionManagerInterface that you can implement if you want to provide your own session management.

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The Session Manager
===================

[](#the-session-manager)

The SessionManager package is in charge of managing the session for you.

Why do we need a session manager?
---------------------------------

[](#why-do-we-need-a-session-manager)

PHP offers a simple way to start sessions: the [`session_start`](http://php.net/manual/function.session-start.php) function. So you would we ever need to use another session mechanism?

Well, sessions can be configured in a lot of different ways. You can use [`session_set_save_handler`](http://php.net/manual/function.session_set_save_handler.php) to change completely the way sessions work. For instance, if you use Drupal, the sessions are stored in database. You could also configure your application to use a special "session handler".

Some components may need to access the session the way you do. So we decided to provide a simple way to initialize sessions. As a bonus, the SessionManager offers a lot of settings for managing your session graphically if you are using the Mouf framework.

Using the session manager
-------------------------

[](#using-the-session-manager)

Just enable the package in your project. When the package is enabled, you have a *sessionManager* instance create.

To start a session, use:

```
$sessionManager->start();
```

To write and close a session, use:

```
$sessionManager->write_close();
```

To destroy a session, use:

```
$sessionManager->destroy();
```

To regenerate a session id, use:

```
$sessionManager->regenerateId();
```

The DefaultSessionManager class
-------------------------------

[](#the-defaultsessionmanager-class)

The DefaultSessionManager uses the standard PHP mechanism to track sessions. It offers a number of parameters to configure the lifetime of a session, the path where session files are stored...

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###  Health Score

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Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity34

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Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

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Total

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Last Release

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Major Versions

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