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I am afraid that using the default memory session could create any bottleneck, i am not thinking of Redis But thinking of DB session ... so I have a couple of questions? 1- Does the session for the request be deleted automatically by the end of the request ? 2-What are the disadvantages of using DB as a session store other than performance ?
No, unless a flash session. A session is what holds Authentication.
Flash is if you need to display a message or something then it's deleted.
But you can delete some session Keys no longer needed if you need to.
I suggest reading the chapter on sessions.
@lifesound What good would a session being deleted at the end of a request be? You’d be logged out immediately after logging in if the session was trashed at the end of the login request.
A session is meant to persist across requests.
@martinbean thanx
The default session handler is database
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