Merge pull request #1757 from nineinchnick/1476_session_handler

Add handler property to yii\web\Session

framework/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Enh #1406: DB Schema support for Oracle Database (p0larbeer, qiangxue)
 - Enh #1437: Added ListView::viewParams (qiangxue)
 - Enh #1469: ActiveRecord::find() now works with default conditions (default scope) applied by createQuery (cebe)
+- Enh #1476: Add yii\web\Session::handler property (nineinchnick)
 - Enh #1499: Added `ActionColumn::controller` property to support customizing the controller for handling GridView actions (qiangxue)
 - Enh #1523: Query conditions now allow to use the NOT operator (cebe)
 - Enh #1552: It is now possible to use multiple bootstrap NavBar in a single page (Alex-Code)

framework/yii/web/Session.php

@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ class Session extends Component implements \IteratorAggregate, \ArrayAccess, \Co
 	 */
 	public $flashVar = '__flash';
 	/**
+	 * @var \SessionHandlerInterface|array an object implementing the SessionHandlerInterface or a configuration array. If set, will be used to provide persistency instead of build-in methods.
+	 */
+	public $handler;
+	/**
 	 * @var array parameter-value pairs to override default session cookie parameters that are used for session_set_cookie_params() function
 	 * Array may have the following possible keys: 'lifetime', 'path', 'domain', 'secure', 'httpOnly'
 	 * @see http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-cookie-params.php
@@ -121,7 +125,15 @@ class Session extends Component implements \IteratorAggregate, \ArrayAccess, \Co
 			return;
 		}
 
-		if ($this->getUseCustomStorage()) {
+		if ($this->handler !== null) {
+			if (!is_object($this->handler)) {
+				$this->handler = Yii::createObject($this->handler);
+			}
+			if (!$this->handler instanceof \SessionHandlerInterface) {
+				throw new InvalidConfigException('"' . get_class($this) . '::handler" must implement the SessionHandlerInterface.');
+			}
+			@session_set_save_handler($this->handler, false);
+		} elseif ($this->getUseCustomStorage()) {
 			@session_set_save_handler(
 				[$this, 'openSession'],
 				[$this, 'closeSession'],