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nicktacular/php-session-tester
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A little testing tool for PHP session handlers

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Since Jan 30Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Session Emulator
====================

[](#php-session-emulator)

This is a little tool that you can use to emulate how PHP uses a session handler. If, for example, you write your own [session handler](https://github.com/nicktacular/php-mongo-session) and wish to test it, this tool will help by emulating how PHP's `session_*()` functions work in a way that you can unit test your session handler.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

If you're on PHP ≥ 5.3, then just Composer. If you're running PHP < 5.3, there are no other requirements.

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

If you're using PHP ≥ 5.3, you can install using composer, you can install quite simply like so:

```
composer require nicktacular/php-session-emulator --dev

```

If you're using PHP < 5.3, you can simple clone this repo and include these in your test bootstrap:

```
include '/path/to/src/n1/Session/Emulator.php';
include '/path/to/src/n1/Session/HttpCookie.php';
```

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

[](#how-to-use)

Docs will be done soon.

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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