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To: internals@lists.php.net,Glenn Richmond <glenn.richmond@ilisys.com.au>
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Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:10:04 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Memcache session handler
From: akorthaus@web.de (Andreas Korthaus)

Hi Glenn,

Glenn Richmond wrote:
> This isn't actually part of the PECL project as I understand it. The
> PECL memcache project provides a PHP interface to using a memcache
> server. What I've developed is a memcache session handler  that can be
> used via the php.ini file by:
> 
> session.handler = memcache

That's exactly what you can do with an extension. Perhaps look at 
eAccelerator for an example:

http://eaccelerator.net/browser/eaccelerator/trunk/session.c

> As such, it's something that could (or perhaps should) be part of the
> main source tree. Is there a middle stage here? i.e. Can I provide it as
> an optional compile flag in the configure script?

I think PECL:memcache is the perfect place for such a session-handler.


best regards
Andreas