Re: Can session.save_path data be saved to a database instead of a file system?

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 10:29:31 +0100, Michael Nolan wrote: > Caleb Walker wrote: > >> I have 2 servers fail-over/load-balanced behind an F5 >> bigIP. I want session data to be maintained in the event one server takes >> a dive. In this scenario, if a user is in the middle of doing >> something while logged in, they will not have to lose all work and log >> back into the server to continue working. Can that be done without >> rewriting an application? >> I saw a link here: >> >> http://www.phpfreaks.com/quickcode/DB_eSession_class_securely_stores_PHP_sessions_in_a_MySQL_DB/286.php >> but this seems to be something that would have to be written into the >> application and I didn't write it and do not want to take on the >> responsibility to do so from here. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. >> >> Thank You, >> Caleb >> > > > Yes, you can use a database to store session data and retain existing > session manipulation methods. Surprisingly, the PHP manual tells you how: > > > http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-save-handler.php > > And lists a couple of examples, including this one at Zend: > > http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/code-gallery-wade8.php > > Mike This looks like modifications that need to be made to the application. I dont really want to touch the application. Instead I just want PHP, through the php.ini file or whatever to take the session data and put it in a database instead of the file system. In doing it this way, I assume that I will not have to touch somebody else's code. Thanks for the response.