Redis®*: Handle PHP sessions with Redis

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If you would like to store PHP sessions on Stackhero for Redis, you can use the following example:

<?php

// Parse Redis URL
$redis_url = parse_url("rediss://default:<yourPassword>@<XXXXXX>.stackhero-network.com:<PORT_TLS>")

// Configure session handler
ini_set("session.save_handler", "redis")
ini_set("session.save_path", "tls://{$redis_url["host"]}:{$redis_url["port"]}?auth={$redis_url["pass"]}&timeout=5")

// Start the session
session_start()

?>