The SessionHandlerInterface class

(PHP 5 >= 5.4.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

SessionHandlerInterface is an interface which defines the minimal prototype for creating a custom session handler. In order to pass a custom session handler to session_set_save_handler() using its OOP invocation, the class can implement this interface.

Please note the callback methods of this class are designed to be called internally by PHP and are not meant to be called from user-space code.

Interface synopsis

interface SessionHandlerInterface {
/* Methods */
public close(): bool
public destroy(string $id): bool
public gc(int $max_lifetime): int|false
public open(string $path, string $name): bool
public read(string $id): string|false
public write(string $id, string $data): bool
}

Example #1 Example using SessionHandlerInterface

The following example provides file based session storage similar to the PHP sessions default save handler files. This example could easily be extended to cover database storage using your favorite PHP supported database engine.

Note we use the OOP prototype with session_set_save_handler() and register the shutdown function using the function's parameter flag. This is generally advised when registering objects as session save handlers.

Caution

For brevity, this example omits input validation. However, the $id parameters are actually user supplied values which require proper validation/sanitization to avoid vulnerabilities, such as path traversal issues. So do not use this example unmodified in production environments.

<?php
class MySessionHandler implements SessionHandlerInterface
{
    private 
$savePath;

    public function 
open($savePath$sessionName): bool
    
{
        
$this->savePath $savePath;
        if (!
is_dir($this->savePath)) {
            
mkdir($this->savePath0777);
        }

        return 
true;
    }

    public function 
close(): bool
    
{
        return 
true;
    }

    
#[ReturnTypeWillChange]
    
public function read($id)
    {
        return (string)@
file_get_contents("$this->savePath/sess_$id");
    }

    public function 
write($id$data): bool
    
{
        return 
file_put_contents("$this->savePath/sess_$id"$data) === false false true;
    }

    public function 
destroy($id): bool
    
{
        
$file "$this->savePath/sess_$id";
        if (
file_exists($file)) {
            
unlink($file);
        }

        return 
true;
    }

    
#[ReturnTypeWillChange]
    
public function gc($maxlifetime)
    {
        foreach (
glob("$this->savePath/sess_*") as $file) {
            if (
filemtime($file) + $maxlifetime time() && file_exists($file)) {
                
unlink($file);
            }
        }

        return 
true;
    }
}

$handler = new MySessionHandler();
session_set_save_handler($handlertrue);
session_start();

// proceed to set and retrieve values by key from $_SESSION

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