PHP Sessions Shredder

This is a Ultra fast garbage collector for PHP Sessions.

Getting Started

These instructions will let you have this project up and running in seconds on your Server or local machine for testing purposes. We assume that you are on a Linux system.

Support

This project has support for POSIX systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS, etc.)

Tested in:

• Linux
• Windows

Download

If you want the precompiled files just go to the Releases and download the file you wish according with your Server platform.

you also can clone this repository with the Clone a Repository instructions (e.g.):

git clone https://github.com/juanchoraf/PHP_Sessions_Shredder

or just get the precompiled file on your Linux with:

cd /usr/local/src/

wget https://github.com/juanchoraf/PHP_Sessions_Shredder/releases/download/v1.0.0/PHP_Sessions_Shredder.raf

Installation

you just need to give permissions to the downloaded file (e.g. 777):

chmod 777 PHP_Sessions_Shredder.raf

Use

You can execute the program like this:

[EXECUTABLE] [PATH_TO_PHP_SESSIONS] [INACTIVITY_TIME] [LOG]

For example, this will look for all the sessions with an INACTIVITY of 30 minutes or more

• Linux:

./PHP_Sessions_Shredder.raf /var/lib/php/sessions/ 30

• Windows:

PHP_Sessions_Shredder.exe /var/lib/php/sessions/ 30

Log

You also can log the activity of the Triturated Sessions:

• Linux:

./PHP_Sessions_Shredder.raf /var/lib/php/sessions/ 30 log

• Windows:

PHP_Sessions_Shredder.exe /var/lib/php/sessions/ 30 log

NOTE: be aware that this program could be executed 24/7 on your Server, so, the log file could take a lot of disk space (maybe you don't need to use the log option on Production)

• Log file name: Log_PHP_Sessions_Shredder.log
• Log location: The same of the PHP_Sessions_Shredder executable

Add PHP_Sessions_Shredder to Cron (for 24/7 purposes) ONLY Linux:

• Add a new file to cron:

nano /etc/cron.d/PHP_Sessions_Shredder

• Paste this line in that file and save it with Ctrl O :

*/30 * * * *    root    SHELL=/bin/bash    /usr/local/src/PHP_Sessions_Shredder.raf    /var/lib/php/sessions/  30

• Set permissions to that file:

chmod 644 /etc/cron.d/PHP_Sessions_Shredder

chown root:root /etc/cron.d/PHP_Sessions_Shredder

License

Check the LICENSE file for more information.