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xenokore/session
================

Simple Session handling library

1.2.0(3y ago)058MITPHPPHP >=7.3

Since Mar 13Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Xeno Session
============

[](#xeno-session)

A simple PHP session handler library with some extra features.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require xenokore/session

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Load the `$_SESSION` variable in the constructor:

```
$session = new Xenokore\Session\Session($_SESSION);
```

You can access it as an array as if you're working directly with *$\_SESSION*:

```
$session['test'] = 'hello';

var_dump($session['test']); // string(4) "test"

unset($session['test']);
```

You can also use the `get()` and `set()` methods:

```
// "name" will not be found so the default fallback will be used
var_dump( $session->get('name', 'unknown') ); // string(7) "unknown"

$session->set('name', 'yani'),

echo $session->get('name', 'unknown'); // string(4) "yani"
```

Another feature of this library is to remember a variable **once** using `once()` and `getOnce()`. This behaves like *FlashMessages* and can be used to pass one-time data between requests:

```
$session->once('error', 'failed to login');

// On a different request:
$error = $session->getOnce('error', null);

if($error){
    var_dump($error); // string(15) "failed to login"
}

$error = $session->getOnce('error', null);

var_dump($error); // null
```

`getOnce()` instantly removes the one-time variable from the session. You can also use `getAllOnce()` to get all one-time variables.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~445 days

Total

4

Last Release

1282d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.1.0PHP >=5.5

1.2.0PHP >=7.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4f952a864ff95e6dc68693bf6a5fff8320a3511840d1b9f1a0722e8f41b5385a?d=identicon)[Yani](/maintainers/Yani)

---

Top Contributors

[![yani](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6956790?v=4)](https://github.com/yani "yani (1 commits)")

---

Tags

handlersession

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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