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photon/session-mongodb
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MongoDB session backend.

v2.1.1(8y ago)11.7kLGPL-2.1PHPPHP ^5.5 || ^7.0

Since Nov 13Pushed 8y ago3 watchersCompare

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session-mongodb
===============

[](#session-mongodb)

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MongoDB backend for session storage

PHP Versions
------------

[](#php-versions)

- 7.0 and 7.1 are supported and tested under travis
- Use ext-mongodb and mongodb/mongodb. Do not works anymore with legacy ext-mongo

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

[](#quick-start)

1. Add the module in your project

    composer require "photon/session-mongodb"

or for a specific version

```
composer require "photon/session-mongodb:2.0.0"

```

2. Define a MongoDB connection in your project configuration

    'databases' => array( 'session-db' => array( 'engine' => '\\photon\\db\\MongoDB', 'server' => 'mongodb://localhost:27017/', 'database' => 'sessions', 'options' => array( 'connect' => true, ), ), ),
3. Define the session storage backend in your project configuration, and some others session parameters

    'session\_storage' => '\\photon\\session\\storage\\MongoDB', '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\_mongodb' => array( 'database' => 'session-db', 'collection' => 'session', ),
5. Enjoy !

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

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 ~111 days

Recently: every ~136 days

Total

11

Last Release

3132d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.9 → v2.0.02017-04-18

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![wysman](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1042272?v=4)](https://github.com/wysman "wysman (34 commits)")

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Tags

mongodbsessionphoton

###  Code Quality

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