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photon/session-memcached
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Memcached session backend.

v1.0.5(9y ago)0138LGPL-2.1PHP

Since Nov 21Pushed 9y ago3 watchersCompare

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session-memcached
=================

[](#session-memcached)

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Memcached backend for session storage

Quick start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

1. Add the module in your project

    composer require "photon/session-memcached:dev-master"

or for a specific version

```
composer require "photon/session-memcached:1.0.0"

```

2. Define a MongoDB connection in your project configuration

    'databases' => array( 'session-db' => array( 'engine' => '\\photon\\db\\Memcached', 'host' => array('localhost:11211'), 'id' => 'myapp', ), ),
3. Define the session storage backend in your project configuration, and some others session parameters

    'session\_storage' => '\\photon\\session\\storage\\Memcached', 'session\_cookie\_domain' => '[www.example.com](http://www.example.com)', 'session\_cookie\_path' => '/', 'session\_timeout' => 4 \* 3600,
4. Define the configuration of the MongoDB Session module in your project configuration

    'session\_memcached' => array( 'database' => 'session-db', ),
5. Enjoy !

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~141 days

Total

5

Last Release

3629d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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