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vakata/session
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A simple key-value storage class

4.1.1(11mo ago)36.2k↓78.2%[1 issues](https://github.com/vakata/session/issues)MITPHPPHP >=8.0

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session
=======

[](#session)

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A simple key-value storage class. used for configurations and extended in vakata/session.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require vakata/session
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Using the `$_SESSION` superglobal is perfectly fine and works well with this class.

```
$session = new \vakata\session\Session(); // autostarts session and applies useful defaults
$session->get('value'); // same as $_SESSION['value'];
$session->set('val.ue', 2); // same as $_SESSION['val'] = [ 'ue' => 1 ];
$session->del('value'); // same as unset($_SESSION['value']);
// optionally sessions can be stored in a database
$sessionDB = new \vakata\session\Session(
    true, // autostart
    new \vakata\sessions\handler\SessionDatabase(
        new \vakata\database\DB('mysqli://user:pass@host/database'),
        'table'
    )
);
// optionally sessions can be stored in memcached / filecache / database
$sessionDB = new \vakata\session\Session(
    true, // autostart
    new \vakata\sessions\handler\SessionCache(
        new \vakata\cache\Memcache(),
        'namespace' // this allows easy clearing
    )
);
```

For more on setting, getting and deleting values read here:

For more on the database class read here:

For more on the memcached class read here:

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [vakata](https://github.com/vakata)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance45

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

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 ~146 days

Recently: every ~32 days

Total

25

Last Release

343d ago

Major Versions

1.0.3 → 2.0.02016-06-01

2.2.2 → 3.0.02024-01-18

3.0.2 → 4.0.02025-03-19

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

2.0.6PHP >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/146052?v=4)[Ivan Bozhanov](/maintainers/vakata)[@vakata](https://github.com/vakata)

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Top Contributors

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