Session

Sessions allow you to store user information across multiple requests.

The difference from session_start() is that blocking only occurs during read, write and regeneration, making it a little more flexible, and it can also write data after the headers have been sent.

Create a session


        use Inphinit\Session;

        $session = new Session('session');

        echo 'Session ID: ', $session->getId(), '<br>';

        echo '<h2>Before:</h2>';
        echo '<pre>';
        var_dump($session->float);
        var_dump($session->int);
        var_dump($session->octal);
        echo '</pre>';

        $session->float = microtime(true);
        $session->int = time();
        $session->octal = 0666;

        echo '<h2>After:</h2>';
        echo '<pre>';
        var_dump($session->float);
        var_dump($session->int);
        var_dump($session->octal);
        echo '</pre>';

        $session->commit();

Removing inactive session files

The APP_SESSION_MAX_INACTIVE environment variable is used to define the timeframe after which a session file is considered inactive. However, this process does not happen automatically; to clean up inactive session files, you can use the run session:clear command.

On Windows, run:


      run session:clear

On other systems, run:


      ./run session:clear

Alternatively, using the PHP executable works on any operating system:


      php run session:clear

Scheduling automatic cleanup

You can automate the cleanup process using the Task Scheduler, by adding something like this to the system/console.php file:


      // Get the built-in command
      $command = $console->getCommand('session:clear'); 

      if ($command !== null) {
          // Schedule the command to run every Sunday at 04:00 AM (UTC)
          $scheduler->command('session_clear_task', $command, [])->cron(0, 4, '*', '*', 0); 
      }