Zend Framework 101: Zend_Session

By Quentin Zervaas, 6 January 2010 PHP Sessions Zend Framework Download PDF

This article is part of the series “Zend Framework 101”. The Zend Framework 101 series covers many components that make up the Zend Framework in easy to understand articles.. Read more about Zend Framework 101...

Introduction

In this article I will introduce you to the Zend_Session component of the Zend Framework. This component is built upon PHP's native session-handling functionality, making it easier to manage session data, as well as providing more advanced features.

Firstly I will show you how to read and write data using Zend_Session, then I will show you how to implement a "remember me" feature for logging-in users on your web site.

This article requires Zend Framework, downloadable from http://framework.zend.com. At time of writing, the current version of Zend Framework is 1.9.6.

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