How to Bootstrap Sessions in Zend Framework 2

Question

What is the best way to go about getting sessions up and running in Zend Framework 2? I\'ve tried setting session_start() in my index.php file but then that get

Answer 1

If i understand you correctly, all you wanna do is have your session working properly in your modules? Assuming that's correct there are two single steps.

1) Create the config: module.config.php

return array(
    'session' => array(
        'remember_me_seconds' => 2419200,
        'use_cookies' => true,
        'cookie_httponly' => true,
    ),
);

2) Start your Session: Module.php

use Zend\Session\Config\SessionConfig;
use Zend\Session\SessionManager;
use Zend\Session\Container;
use Zend\EventManager\EventInterface;

public function onBootstrap(EventInterface $evm)
{
    $config = $evm->getApplication()
                  ->getServiceManager()
                  ->get('Configuration');

    $sessionConfig = new SessionConfig();
    $sessionConfig->setOptions($config['session']);
    $sessionManager = new SessionManager($sessionConfig);
    $sessionManager->start();

    /**
     * Optional: If you later want to use namespaces, you can already store the 
     * Manager in the shared (static) Container (=namespace) field
     */
    Container::setDefaultManager($sessionManager);
}

Find more options in the documentation of \Zend\Session\Config\SessionConfig

If you want to store cookies too, then please see this Question. Credits to Andreas Linden for his initial answer - I'm simply copy pasting his.