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Package session
Short Description NixPHP Session Plugin for storing data across requests.
License MIT
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nixphp/session
Simple session management for NixPHP, with flash message support built-in.
This plugin adds a lightweight session layer to your NixPHP app, starts sessions safely in HTTP requests, and exposes helpers so you can store data (including flash messages) without worrying about headers or manual initialization.
🧩 Part of the official NixPHP plugin collection. Install it when you need session persistence, and nothing else.
📦 Features
- Starts PHP sessions automatically (skipping CLI)
- Safeguards cookie params (secure/HttpOnly/SameSite) and regenerates IDs on demand
- Flash message helpers (
flash,getFlash) session()helper bound in the container- Optional database-backed storage when
nixphp/databaseis installed - Registers the migration path so
vendor/bin/nix migrate up/downcan create the sessions table (requiresnixphp/cli)
📥 Installation
Once installed, the plugin is autoloaded and ready to use. If you install nixphp/database too, it can store sessions in your database table instead of native PHP files.
Usage
Accessing the session
Use the global session() helper to access the session storage:
To remove a key:
Flash messages
Use flash messages to store data for the next request only (e.g. after a redirect):
In the next request, access it using:
The message is then automatically removed after it has been read.
🔍 Internals
- Automatically starts
session_start()for web requests, with hardened cookie parameters and domain normalization. - Offers
Session::regenerate()so you can refresh the session ID during login flows without touching every request. - Flash data is stored in a dedicated key and removed after access.
- Registers the
session()helper and binds it in the service container. - Provides
DatabaseSessionHandlerwhen the database plugin is configured. - Registers the migration path with
nixphp/databasesovendor/bin/nix migrate up/downapplies the session table changes.
Configuration
src/config.php exposes the following keys:
To use the database handler:
- Install nixphp/database and configure its
databasesettings. - Update the
sessionconfig’sstoragekey todatabase. - Run
vendor/bin/nix migrate up(requiresnixphp/cli) to apply the migration that creates the sessions table.
🛠 Optional Usage in Controllers
You can also access the session directly from the container:
But using the session() helper is the recommended way.
✅ Requirements
nixphp/framework>= 0.1.0nixphp/database>= 0.1.1 when enabling database session storage- MySQL >= 8.0.19 (required when using the database-backed handler)
📄 License
MIT License.
