Class yii\web\Session

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Inheritance	yii\web\Session » yii\base\Component » yii\base\BaseObject
Implements	ArrayAccess, Countable, IteratorAggregate, yii\base\Configurable
Subclasses	yii\mongodb\Session, yii\redis\Session, yii\web\CacheSession, yii\web\DbSession, yii\web\MultiFieldSession
Available since version	2.0
Source Code	https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/blob/master/framework/web/Session.php

Session provides session data management and the related configurations.

Session is a Web application component that can be accessed via Yii::$app->session.

To start the session, call open(); To complete and send out session data, call close(); To destroy the session, call destroy().

Session can be used like an array to set and get session data. For example,

$session = new Session;
$session->open();
$value1 = $session['name1'];  // get session variable 'name1'
$value2 = $session['name2'];  // get session variable 'name2'
foreach ($session as $name => $value) // traverse all session variables
$session['name3'] = $value3;  // set session variable 'name3'

Session can be extended to support customized session storage. To do so, override $useCustomStorage so that it returns true, and override these methods with the actual logic about using custom storage: openSession(), closeSession(), readSession(), writeSession(), destroySession() and gcSession().

Session also supports a special type of session data, called flash messages. A flash message is available only in the current request and the next request. After that, it will be deleted automatically. Flash messages are particularly useful for displaying confirmation messages. To use flash messages, simply call methods such as setFlash(), getFlash().

For more details and usage information on Session, see the guide article on sessions.

Public Properties

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Property	Type	Description	Defined By
$allFlashes	array	Flash messages (key => message or key => [message1, message2]).	yii\web\Session
$behaviors	yii\base\Behavior[]	List of behaviors attached to this component	yii\base\Component
$cacheLimiter	string		yii\web\Session
$cookieParams	array	The session cookie parameters.	yii\web\Session
$count	integer	The number of session variables	yii\web\Session
$flash	string	The key identifying the flash message.	yii\web\Session
$flashParam	string	The name of the session variable that stores the flash message data.	yii\web\Session
$gCProbability	float	The probability (percentage) that the GC (garbage collection) process is started on every session initialization, defaults to 1 meaning 1% chance.	yii\web\Session
$handler	SessionHandlerInterface\|array	An object implementing the SessionHandlerInterface or a configuration array.	yii\web\Session
$hasSessionId	boolean	Whether the current request has sent the session ID.	yii\web\Session
$id	string	The current session ID	yii\web\Session
$isActive	boolean	Whether the session has started	yii\web\Session
$iterator	yii\web\SessionIterator	An iterator for traversing the session variables.	yii\web\Session
$name	string	The current session name	yii\web\Session
$savePath	string	The current session save path, defaults to '/tmp'.	yii\web\Session
$timeout	integer	The number of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and cleaned up.	yii\web\Session
$useCookies	boolean\|null	The value indicating whether cookies should be used to store session IDs.	yii\web\Session
$useCustomStorage	boolean	Whether to use custom storage.	yii\web\Session
$useTransparentSessionID	boolean	Whether transparent sid support is enabled or not, defaults to false.	yii\web\Session

Public Methods

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Method	Description	Defined By
__call()	Calls the named method which is not a class method.	yii\base\Component
__clone()	This method is called after the object is created by cloning an existing one.	yii\base\Component
__construct()	Constructor.	yii\base\BaseObject
__get()	Returns the value of a component property.	yii\base\Component
__isset()	Checks if a property is set, i.e. defined and not null.	yii\base\Component
__set()	Sets the value of a component property.	yii\base\Component
__unset()	Sets a component property to be null.	yii\base\Component
addFlash()	Adds a flash message.	yii\web\Session
attachBehavior()	Attaches a behavior to this component.	yii\base\Component
attachBehaviors()	Attaches a list of behaviors to the component.	yii\base\Component
behaviors()	Returns a list of behaviors that this component should behave as.	yii\base\Component
canGetProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be read.	yii\base\Component
canSetProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property can be set.	yii\base\Component
className()	Returns the fully qualified name of this class.	yii\base\BaseObject
close()	Ends the current session and store session data.	yii\web\Session
closeSession()	Session close handler.	yii\web\Session
count()	Returns the number of items in the session.	yii\web\Session
destroy()	Frees all session variables and destroys all data registered to a session.	yii\web\Session
destroySession()	Session destroy handler.	yii\web\Session
detachBehavior()	Detaches a behavior from the component.	yii\base\Component
detachBehaviors()	Detaches all behaviors from the component.	yii\base\Component
ensureBehaviors()	Makes sure that the behaviors declared in behaviors() are attached to this component.	yii\base\Component
gcSession()	Session GC (garbage collection) handler.	yii\web\Session
get()	Returns the session variable value with the session variable name.	yii\web\Session
getAllFlashes()	Returns all flash messages.	yii\web\Session
getBehavior()	Returns the named behavior object.	yii\base\Component
getBehaviors()	Returns all behaviors attached to this component.	yii\base\Component
getCacheLimiter()	Returns current cache limiter	yii\web\Session
getCookieParams()		yii\web\Session
getCount()	Returns the number of items in the session.	yii\web\Session
getFlash()	Returns a flash message.	yii\web\Session
getGCProbability()		yii\web\Session
getHasSessionId()	Returns a value indicating whether the current request has sent the session ID.	yii\web\Session
getId()	Gets the session ID.	yii\web\Session
getIsActive()		yii\web\Session
getIterator()	Returns an iterator for traversing the session variables.	yii\web\Session
getName()	Gets the name of the current session.	yii\web\Session
getSavePath()	Gets the current session save path.	yii\web\Session
getTimeout()		yii\web\Session
getUseCookies()	Returns the value indicating whether cookies should be used to store session IDs.	yii\web\Session
getUseCustomStorage()	Returns a value indicating whether to use custom session storage.	yii\web\Session
getUseTransparentSessionID()		yii\web\Session
has()		yii\web\Session
hasEventHandlers()	Returns a value indicating whether there is any handler attached to the named event.	yii\base\Component
hasFlash()	Returns a value indicating whether there are flash messages associated with the specified key.	yii\web\Session
hasMethod()	Returns a value indicating whether a method is defined.	yii\base\Component
hasProperty()	Returns a value indicating whether a property is defined for this component.	yii\base\Component
init()	Initializes the application component.	yii\web\Session
off()	Detaches an existing event handler from this component.	yii\base\Component
offsetExists()	This method is required by the interface ArrayAccess.	yii\web\Session
offsetGet()	This method is required by the interface ArrayAccess.	yii\web\Session
offsetSet()	This method is required by the interface ArrayAccess.	yii\web\Session
offsetUnset()	This method is required by the interface ArrayAccess.	yii\web\Session
on()	Attaches an event handler to an event.	yii\base\Component
open()	Starts the session.	yii\web\Session
openSession()	Session open handler.	yii\web\Session
readSession()	Session read handler.	yii\web\Session
regenerateID()	Updates the current session ID with a newly generated one.	yii\web\Session
remove()	Removes a session variable.	yii\web\Session
removeAll()	Removes all session variables.	yii\web\Session
removeAllFlashes()	Removes all flash messages.	yii\web\Session
removeFlash()	Removes a flash message.	yii\web\Session
set()	Adds a session variable.	yii\web\Session
setCacheLimiter()	Set cache limiter	yii\web\Session
setCookieParams()	Sets the session cookie parameters.	yii\web\Session
setFlash()	Sets a flash message.	yii\web\Session
setGCProbability()		yii\web\Session
setHasSessionId()	Sets the value indicating whether the current request has sent the session ID.	yii\web\Session
setId()	Sets the session ID.	yii\web\Session
setName()	Sets the name for the current session.	yii\web\Session
setSavePath()	Sets the current session save path.	yii\web\Session
setTimeout()		yii\web\Session
setUseCookies()	Sets the value indicating whether cookies should be used to store session IDs.	yii\web\Session
setUseTransparentSessionID()		yii\web\Session
trigger()	Triggers an event.	yii\base\Component
writeSession()	Session write handler.	yii\web\Session

Protected Methods

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Method	Description	Defined By
freeze()	If session is started it's not possible to edit session ini settings. In PHP7.2+ it throws exception.	yii\web\Session
registerSessionHandler()	Registers session handler.	yii\web\Session
unfreeze()	Starts session and restores data from temporary variable	yii\web\Session
updateFlashCounters()	Updates the counters for flash messages and removes outdated flash messages.	yii\web\Session

Property Details

$allFlashes public read-only property

Flash messages (key => message or key => [message1, message2]).

public array getAllFlashes ( $delete = false )

$cacheLimiter public property

public string getCacheLimiter ( )
public void setCacheLimiter ( $cacheLimiter )

$cookieParams public property

The session cookie parameters.

public array getCookieParams ( )
public void setCookieParams ( array $value )

$count public read-only property

The number of session variables

public integer getCount ( )

$flash public write-only property

The key identifying the flash message. Note that flash messages and normal session variables share the same name space. If you have a normal session variable using the same name, its value will be overwritten by this method.

public void setFlash ( $key, $value = true, $removeAfterAccess = true )

$flashParam public property

The name of the session variable that stores the flash message data.

public string $flashParam = '__flash'

$gCProbability public property

The probability (percentage) that the GC (garbage collection) process is started on every session initialization, defaults to 1 meaning 1% chance.

public float getGCProbability ( )
public void setGCProbability ( $value )

$handler public property

An object implementing the SessionHandlerInterface or a configuration array. If set, will be used to provide persistency instead of build-in methods.

public SessionHandlerInterface|array $handler = null

$hasSessionId public property

Whether the current request has sent the session ID.

public boolean getHasSessionId ( )
public void setHasSessionId ( $value )

$id public property

The current session ID

public string getId ( )
public void setId ( $value )

$isActive public read-only property

Whether the session has started

public boolean getIsActive ( )

$iterator public read-only property

An iterator for traversing the session variables.

public yii\web\SessionIterator getIterator ( )

$name public property

The current session name

public string getName ( )
public void setName ( $value )

$savePath public property

The current session save path, defaults to '/tmp'.

public string getSavePath ( )
public void setSavePath ( $value )

$timeout public property

The number of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and cleaned up. The default value is 1440 seconds (or the value of "session.gc_maxlifetime" set in php.ini).

public integer getTimeout ( )
public void setTimeout ( $value )

$useCookies public property

The value indicating whether cookies should be used to store session IDs.

public boolean|null getUseCookies ( )
public void setUseCookies ( $value )

$useCustomStorage public read-only property

Whether to use custom storage.

public boolean getUseCustomStorage ( )

$useTransparentSessionID public property

Whether transparent sid support is enabled or not, defaults to false.

public boolean getUseTransparentSessionID ( )
public void setUseTransparentSessionID ( $value )

Method Details

addFlash() public method

Adds a flash message.

If there are existing flash messages with the same key, the new one will be appended to the existing message array.

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public void addFlash ( $key, $value = true, $removeAfterAccess = true )
$key	string	The key identifying the flash message.
$value	mixed	Flash message
$removeAfterAccess	boolean	Whether the flash message should be automatically removed only if it is accessed. If false, the flash message will be automatically removed after the next request, regardless if it is accessed or not. If true (default value), the flash message will remain until after it is accessed.

close() public method

Ends the current session and store session data.

public void close ( )

closeSession() public method

Session close handler.

This method should be overridden if $useCustomStorage returns true.

public boolean closeSession ( )
return	boolean	Whether session is closed successfully

count() public method

Returns the number of items in the session.

This method is required by Countable interface.

public integer count ( )
return	integer	Number of items in the session.

destroy() public method

Frees all session variables and destroys all data registered to a session.

This method has no effect when session is not active. Make sure to call open() before calling it.

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public void destroy ( )

destroySession() public method

Session destroy handler.

This method should be overridden if $useCustomStorage returns true.

public boolean destroySession ( $id )
$id	string	Session ID
return	boolean	Whether session is destroyed successfully

freeze() protected method (available since version 2.0.14)

If session is started it's not possible to edit session ini settings. In PHP7.2+ it throws exception.

This function saves session data to temporary variable and stop session.

protected void freeze ( )

gcSession() public method

Session GC (garbage collection) handler.

This method should be overridden if $useCustomStorage returns true.

public boolean gcSession ( $maxLifetime )
$maxLifetime	integer	The number of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and cleaned up.
return	boolean	Whether session is GCed successfully

get() public method

Returns the session variable value with the session variable name.

If the session variable does not exist, the $defaultValue will be returned.

public mixed get ( $key, $defaultValue = null )
$key	string	The session variable name
$defaultValue	mixed	The default value to be returned when the session variable does not exist.
return	mixed	The session variable value, or $defaultValue if the session variable does not exist.

getAllFlashes() public method

Returns all flash messages.

You may use this method to display all the flash messages in a view file:

<?php
foreach (Yii::$app->session->getAllFlashes() as $key => $message) {
    echo '<div class="alert alert-' . $key . '">' . $message . '</div>';
} ?>

With the above code you can use the bootstrap alert classes such as success, info, danger as the flash message key to influence the color of the div.

Note that if you use addFlash(), $message will be an array, and you will have to adjust the above code.

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public array getAllFlashes ( $delete = false )
$delete	boolean	Whether to delete the flash messages right after this method is called. If false, the flash messages will be automatically deleted in the next request.
return	array	Flash messages (key => message or key => [message1, message2]).

getCacheLimiter() public method (available since version 2.0.14)

Returns current cache limiter

public string getCacheLimiter ( )
return	string	Current cache limiter

getCookieParams() public method

public array getCookieParams ( )
return	array	The session cookie parameters.

getCount() public method

Returns the number of items in the session.

public integer getCount ( )
return	integer	The number of session variables

getFlash() public method

Returns a flash message.

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public mixed getFlash ( $key, $defaultValue = null, $delete = false )
$key	string	The key identifying the flash message
$defaultValue	mixed	Value to be returned if the flash message does not exist.
$delete	boolean	Whether to delete this flash message right after this method is called. If false, the flash message will be automatically deleted in the next request.
return	mixed	The flash message or an array of messages if addFlash was used

getGCProbability() public method

public float getGCProbability ( )
return	float	The probability (percentage) that the GC (garbage collection) process is started on every session initialization, defaults to 1 meaning 1% chance.

getHasSessionId() public method

Returns a value indicating whether the current request has sent the session ID.

The default implementation will check cookie and $_GET using the session name. If you send session ID via other ways, you may need to override this method or call setHasSessionId() to explicitly set whether the session ID is sent.

public boolean getHasSessionId ( )
return	boolean	Whether the current request has sent the session ID.

getId() public method

Gets the session ID.

This is a wrapper for PHP session_id().

public string getId ( )
return	string	The current session ID

getIsActive() public method

public boolean getIsActive ( )
return	boolean	Whether the session has started

getIterator() public method

Returns an iterator for traversing the session variables.

This method is required by the interface IteratorAggregate.

public yii\web\SessionIterator getIterator ( )
return	yii\web\SessionIterator	An iterator for traversing the session variables.

getName() public method

Gets the name of the current session.

This is a wrapper for PHP session_name().

public string getName ( )
return	string	The current session name

getSavePath() public method

Gets the current session save path.

This is a wrapper for PHP session_save_path().

public string getSavePath ( )
return	string	The current session save path, defaults to '/tmp'.

getTimeout() public method

public integer getTimeout ( )
return	integer	The number of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and cleaned up. The default value is 1440 seconds (or the value of "session.gc_maxlifetime" set in php.ini).

getUseCookies() public method

Returns the value indicating whether cookies should be used to store session IDs.

public boolean\|null getUseCookies ( )
return	boolean\|null	The value indicating whether cookies should be used to store session IDs.

public boolean getUseCustomStorage ( )
return	boolean	Whether to use custom storage.

public boolean getUseTransparentSessionID ( )
return	boolean	Whether transparent sid support is enabled or not, defaults to false.

public boolean has ( $key )
$key	mixed	Session variable name
return	boolean	Whether there is the named session variable

public boolean hasFlash ( $key )
$key	string	Key identifying the flash message type
return	boolean	Whether any flash messages exist under specified key

public mixed offsetGet ( $offset )
$offset	integer	The offset to retrieve element.
return	mixed	The element at the offset, null if no element is found at the offset

public boolean openSession ( $savePath, $sessionName )
$savePath	string	Session save path
$sessionName	string	Session name
return	boolean	Whether session is opened successfully

public string readSession ( $id )
$id	string	Session ID
return	string	The session data

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public void regenerateID ( $deleteOldSession = false )
$deleteOldSession	boolean	Whether to delete the old associated session file or not.

registerSessionHandler() protected method

Registers session handler.

protected void registerSessionHandler ( )
throws	yii\base\InvalidConfigException

remove() public method

Removes a session variable.

public mixed remove ( $key )
$key	string	The name of the session variable to be removed
return	mixed	The removed value, null if no such session variable.

removeAll() public method

Removes all session variables.

public void removeAll ( )

removeAllFlashes() public method

Removes all flash messages.

Note that flash messages and normal session variables share the same name space. If you have a normal session variable using the same name, it will be removed by this method.

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public void removeAllFlashes ( )

removeFlash() public method

Removes a flash message.

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public mixed removeFlash ( $key )
$key	string	The key identifying the flash message. Note that flash messages and normal session variables share the same name space. If you have a normal session variable using the same name, it will be removed by this method.
return	mixed	The removed flash message. Null if the flash message does not exist.

set() public method

Adds a session variable.

If the specified name already exists, the old value will be overwritten.

public void set ( $key, $value )
$key	string	Session variable name
$value	mixed	Session variable value

setCacheLimiter() public method (available since version 2.0.14)

Set cache limiter

public void setCacheLimiter ( $cacheLimiter )
$cacheLimiter	string

setCookieParams() public method

Sets the session cookie parameters.

The cookie parameters passed to this method will be merged with the result of session_get_cookie_params().

public void setCookieParams ( array $value )
$value	array	Cookie parameters, valid keys include: `lifetime`, `path`, `domain`, `secure` and `httponly`.
throws	yii\base\InvalidArgumentException	if the parameters are incomplete.

setFlash() public method

Sets a flash message.

A flash message will be automatically deleted after it is accessed in a request and the deletion will happen in the next request. If there is already an existing flash message with the same key, it will be overwritten by the new one.

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public void setFlash ( $key, $value = true, $removeAfterAccess = true )
$key	string	The key identifying the flash message. Note that flash messages and normal session variables share the same name space. If you have a normal session variable using the same name, its value will be overwritten by this method.
$value	mixed	Flash message
$removeAfterAccess	boolean	Whether the flash message should be automatically removed only if it is accessed. If false, the flash message will be automatically removed after the next request, regardless if it is accessed or not. If true (default value), the flash message will remain until after it is accessed.

setGCProbability() public method

public void setGCProbability ( $value )
$value	float	The probability (percentage) that the GC (garbage collection) process is started on every session initialization.
throws	yii\base\InvalidArgumentException	if the value is not between 0 and 100.

setHasSessionId() public method

Sets the value indicating whether the current request has sent the session ID.

This method is provided so that you can override the default way of determining whether the session ID is sent.

public void setHasSessionId ( $value )
$value	boolean	Whether the current request has sent the session ID.

setId() public method

Sets the session ID.

This is a wrapper for PHP session_id().

public void setId ( $value )
$value	string	The session ID for the current session

setName() public method

Sets the name for the current session.

This is a wrapper for PHP session_name().

public void setName ( $value )
$value	string	The session name for the current session, must be an alphanumeric string. It defaults to "PHPSESSID".

setSavePath() public method

Sets the current session save path.

This is a wrapper for PHP session_save_path().

public void setSavePath ( $value )
$value	string	The current session save path. This can be either a directory name or a path alias.
throws	yii\base\InvalidArgumentException	if the path is not a valid directory

setTimeout() public method

public void setTimeout ( $value )
$value	integer	The number of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and cleaned up

setUseCookies() public method

Sets the value indicating whether cookies should be used to store session IDs.

Three states are possible:

true: cookies and only cookies will be used to store session IDs.
false: cookies will not be used to store session IDs.
null: if possible, cookies will be used to store session IDs; if not, other mechanisms will be used (e.g. GET parameter)

public void setUseCookies ( $value )
$value	boolean\|null	The value indicating whether cookies should be used to store session IDs.

setUseTransparentSessionID() public method

public void setUseTransparentSessionID ( $value )
$value	boolean	Whether transparent sid support is enabled or not.

unfreeze() protected method (available since version 2.0.14)

Starts session and restores data from temporary variable

protected void unfreeze ( )

updateFlashCounters() protected method

Updates the counters for flash messages and removes outdated flash messages.

This method should only be called once in init().

protected void updateFlashCounters ( )

writeSession() public method

Session write handler.

This method should be overridden if $useCustomStorage returns true.

public boolean writeSession ( $id, $data )
$id	string	Session ID
$data	string	Session data
return	boolean	Whether session write is successful

public void offsetSet ( $offset, $item )
$offset	integer	The offset to set element
$item	mixed	The element value

public boolean offsetExists ( $offset )
$offset	mixed	The offset to check on

public void offsetUnset ( $offset )
$offset	mixed	The offset to unset element