PHP Managing Persistent Sessions

How PHP sessions work How the autologin system works

Configuring session Setting the session handler Implementing the PHP SessionHandlerInterface Extending the MysqlSessionHandler class

Defining tables to store session data Connecting to the database Creating a database and user account in MySQL Inspecting how session data is stored

Authenticating the user Checking a returning visitor’s credentials Creating a persistent login Generating a unique key when registering users Revalidating credentials for sensitive areas

Opening a session and reading stored data Writing session data Closing the session and garbage collection Destroying the session Logging out Logging out selectively

Using a PSR-4 class autoloader Using a trait to define common properties