This patch adds a new performance metric to the performance
info shown by MDL_PERF* vars, the time spent by the database,
it was one of the wonderful @poltawski ideas. To be more specific
the value displayed is the sum of the time elapsed between query_start()
and query_end().
Includes following fixes:
* support for MS SQL Server
* optional trimming of of oversized VARCHAR fields
* conversion to forms library
* full localisation
* other cleanup
List of changes:
* New OOP API using PHP namespace \core\session\.
* All handlers now update the sessions table consistently.
* Experimental DB session support in Oracle.
* Full support for session file handler (filesystem locking required).
* New option for alternative session directory.
* Official memcached session handler support.
* Workaround for memcached version with non-functional gc.
* Improved security - forced session id regeneration.
* Improved compatibility with recent PHP releases.
* Fixed borked CSS during install in debug mode.
* Switched to file based sessions in new installs.
* DB session setting disappears if DB does not support sessions.
* DB session setting disappears if session handler specified in config.php.
* Fast purging of sessions used in request only.
* No legacy distinction - file, database and memcached support the same functionality.
* Session handler name included in performance info.
* Fixed user_loggedin and user_loggedout event triggering.
* Other minor bugfixing and improvements.
* Fixed database session segfault if MUC disposed before $DB.
Limitations:
* Session access time is now updated right after session start.
* Support for $CFG->sessionlockloggedinonly was removed.
* First request does not update userid in sessions table.
* The timeouts may break badly if server hosting forces PHP.ini session settings.
* The session GC is a lot slower, we do not rely on external session timeouts.
* There cannot be any hooks triggered at the session write time.
* File and memcached handlers do not support session lock acquire timeouts.
* Some low level PHP session functions can not be used directly in Moodle code.
With MDL-39389 all the remaining drivers have been moved
from the in-memory, per-request ::columns cache to
the MUC (databasemeta) alternative.
That makes the old cache unused, so this is, simply about to
delete it, and warn in upgrade notes for potential sites
using custom moodle_database drivers.
This is necessary because MySQL get_recordset_sql() stores the data in memory, unfortunately the alternative resultset iteration blocks concurrent access - that is why we need new method for export.
Petr Skoda