Description

groan is a PHP session file parser written in JavaScript.

Requirements

• JavaScript (compatible with node.js)

Node.JS Examples

varfs=require('fs'),parser=require('groan');/* ideally you should first ensure (session file's mtime + PHP's session.gc_maxlifetime) > Date.now() to ensure that the session has not expired yet*/// if it is still valid, continue on ...fs.readFile('/tmp/sess_1234567890abcdef',function(err,b){if(err)throwerr;console.dir(parser(b.toString('utf8')));/* for a $_SESSION that contains: ["0"]=> string(3) "foo" ["a"]=> string(5) "apple" ["b"]=> bool(false) ["c"]=> array(3) { [0]=> int(17) [1]=> float(1.5) [2]=> string(1) "x" } ["d"]=> array(0) { } the parser will return an object that looks like: { 0: 'foo', a: 'apple', b: false, c: [ 17, 1.5, 'x' ], d: [] } */});

varparser=require('groan');varserialized='a:5:{i:0;s:3:"foo";s:1:"a";s:5:"apple";s:1:"b";b:0;s:1:"c";a:3:{i:0;i:17;i:1;d:1.5;i:2;s:1:"x";}s:1:"d";a:0:{}}';console.dir(parser(serialized));// output:// { '0': 'foo', a: 'apple', b: false, c: [ 17, 1.5, 'x' ], d: [] }

Notes

• References and recursion are not currently supported (currently returns undefined)

• The parser assumes the session file data is in the valid PHP session serialized format