Laravel Mongodb Session driver

A MongoDB session driver for Laravel

Laravel Version	Package Version	Install using this command
12.x	7.x.x	composer require 1ff/laravel-mongodb-session:^7.0
11.x	6.x.x	composer require 1ff/laravel-mongodb-session:^6.0
10.x	5.x.x	composer require 1ff/laravel-mongodb-session:^5.0
9.x	4.x.x	composer require 1ff/laravel-mongodb-session:^4.0
8.x	3.x.x	composer require 1ff/laravel-mongodb-session:^3.0
7.x	2.x.x	composer require 1ff/laravel-mongodb-session:^2.0
5.x.x, 6.x	1.x.x	composer require 1ff/laravel-mongodb-session:^1.0

Installation

Install using composer:

composer require 1ff/laravel-mongodb-session

Change the connection in config/session.php to the name of the mongo connection from your config/database.php config

'connection' =>  'mongodb',

Update your .env file and change the SESSION_DRIVER to mongodb

SESSION_DRIVER=mongodb

Advantages

• This driver uses the MongoDB TTL indexes meaning when a session key expires it will be automatically deleted. So no need for garbage collection implementation.
• This way, the collection's size will remain around the size you expect and won't get falsely filled with unused data.
• The package automatically adds a migration which creates the index. If you change the name of the session.table you should rerun the ttl index creation command php artisan mongodb:session:index.

Enjoy!

Testing

This package includes a comprehensive test suite to ensure the MongoDB session handler works correctly. The tests cover:

1. Basic session operations (read, write, destroy)
2. Integration with Laravel's session system
3. HTTP session functionality
4. Laravel's testing helpers integration

Running the Tests

To run the tests, follow these steps:

1. Make sure MongoDB is installed and running on your system
2. Install the package dependencies with Composer:

composer install

3. Run the tests with PHPUnit:

vendor/bin/phpunit

Continuous Integration

The package includes a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically runs tests on PHP 8.1 with Laravel 10.x against MongoDB 7. The workflow:

1. Sets up a MongoDB service container
2. Installs PHP with MongoDB extension
3. Caches Composer dependencies for faster builds
4. Runs the test suite

This ensures all tests pass before merging new changes.

Expected Test Results

When all tests are passing, you should see output similar to:

PHPUnit 10.x.x by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

...............                                                   15 / 15 (100%)

Time: 00:00.444, Memory: 32.00 MB

OK (15 tests, 41 assertions)

Testing Environments

The tests are compatible with:

• PHP 8.1+
• Laravel 10.x
• MongoDB 4.0+

Test Coverage

• Unit Tests: These test the MongoDbSessionHandler methods directly (open, close, read, write, destroy, gc)
• Feature Tests: These test the integration with Laravel's session functionality
• HTTP Tests: These test session handling in HTTP requests and session persistence
• Laravel Helper Tests: These test integration with Laravel's testing helpers like withSession and flushSession

If you encounter any issues with the tests, please submit an issue on the GitHub repository.