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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * SessionHandlerInterface for PHP < 5.4.
+ *
+ * The order in which these methods are invoked by PHP are:
+ * 1. open [session_start]
+ * 2. read
+ * 3. gc [optional depending on probability settings: gc_probability / gc_divisor]
+ * 4. destroy [optional when session_regenerate_id(true) is used]
+ * 5. write [session_write_close] or destroy [session_destroy]
+ * 6. close
+ *
+ * Extensive documentation can be found at php.net, see links:
+ *
+ * @see http://php.net/sessionhandlerinterface
+ * @see http://php.net/session.customhandler
+ * @see http://php.net/session-set-save-handler
+ *
+ * @author Drak <drak@zikula.org>
+ * @author Tobias Schultze <http://tobion.de>
+ */
+interface SessionHandlerInterface
+{
+ /**
+ * Re-initializes existing session, or creates a new one.
+ *
+ * @see http://php.net/sessionhandlerinterface.open
+ *
+ * @param string $savePath Save path
+ * @param string $sessionName Session name, see http://php.net/function.session-name.php
+ *
+ * @return bool true on success, false on failure
+ */
+ public function open($savePath, $sessionName);
+
+ /**
+ * Closes the current session.
+ *
+ * @see http://php.net/sessionhandlerinterface.close
+ *
+ * @return bool true on success, false on failure
+ */
+ public function close();
+
+ /**
+ * Reads the session data.
+ *
+ * @see http://php.net/sessionhandlerinterface.read
+ *
+ * @param string $sessionId Session ID, see http://php.net/function.session-id
+ *
+ * @return string Same session data as passed in write() or empty string when non-existent or on failure
+ */
+ public function read($sessionId);
+
+ /**
+ * Writes the session data to the storage.
+ *
+ * Care, the session ID passed to write() can be different from the one previously
+ * received in read() when the session ID changed due to session_regenerate_id().
+ *
+ * @see http://php.net/sessionhandlerinterface.write
+ *
+ * @param string $sessionId Session ID , see http://php.net/function.session-id
+ * @param string $data Serialized session data to save
+ *
+ * @return bool true on success, false on failure
+ */
+ public function write($sessionId, $data);
+
+ /**
+ * Destroys a session.
+ *
+ * @see http://php.net/sessionhandlerinterface.destroy
+ *
+ * @param string $sessionId Session ID, see http://php.net/function.session-id
+ *
+ * @return bool true on success, false on failure
+ */
+ public function destroy($sessionId);
+
+ /**
+ * Cleans up expired sessions (garbage collection).
+ *
+ * @see http://php.net/sessionhandlerinterface.gc
+ *
+ * @param string|int $maxlifetime Sessions that have not updated for the last maxlifetime seconds will be removed
+ *
+ * @return bool true on success, false on failure
+ */
+ public function gc($maxlifetime);
+}