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CGI-Easy-1.0.1
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/ CGI::Easy::Session

NAME

CGI::Easy::Session - Support unique session ID and session data in cookies

SYNOPSIS

    use CGI::Easy::Request;
    use CGI::Easy::Headers;
    use CGI::Easy::Session;

    my $r = CGI::Easy::Request->new();
    my $h = CGI::Easy::Headers->new();
    my $sess = CGI::Easy::Session->new($r, $h);

    if (defined $sess->{id}) {
        printf "Session ID: %s\n", $sess->{id};
    } else {
        print "User has no cookie support\n";
    }
    printf "Permanent var 'a': %s\n", $sess->{perm}{a};
    printf "Temporary var 'a': %s\n", $sess->{temp}{a};

    $sess->{perm}{b} = 'data';
    $sess->{temp}{answer} = 42;
    $sess->save();                  # BEFORE $h->compose()

DESCRIPTION

Manage session for CGI applications.

Detect is user has cookie support. Generate unique session ID for each user. Store persistent and temporary (until browser closes) data in cookies.

This module will set cookies sid , perm and temp , so you shouldn't use cookies with these names if you using this module.

INTERFACE

new( $r, $h )

Take $r (CGI::Easy::Request object) and $h (CGI::Easy::Headers object) and create new CGI::Easy::Session object with these public fields:

    id      STRING (unique session ID or undef if no cookie support)
    perm    HASHREF (simple hash with scalar-only values)
    temp    HASHREF (simple hash with scalar-only values)

You can both read existing session data in {perm} and {temp} and add/update new data there, but keep in mind overall cookie size is limited (usual limit is few kilobytes and it differ between browsers). After changing {perm} or {temp} don't forget to call save().

Complex data structures in {perm} and {temp} doesn't supported (you can manually pack/unpack them using any data serialization tool).

Will set cookie "sid" (with session ID) in 'Set-Cookie' header, which will expire in 1 YEAR after last visit.

Return created CGI::Easy::Session object.

save()

Set/update 'Set-Cookie' header with current {perm} and {temp} values. Should be called before sending reply to user (with $h->compose()) if {perm} or {temp} was modified.

Cookie "perm" (with hash {perm} data) will expire in 1 YEAR after last visit. Cookie "temp" (with hash {temp} data) will expire when browser will be closed.

Return nothing.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

SUPPORT

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=CGI-Easy. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

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AUTHOR

Alex Efros <powerman-asdf@ya.ru>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2009-2010 Alex Efros <powerman-asdf@ya.ru>.

This program is distributed under the MIT (X11) License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.