Add string based redis session handler

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Add RedisSessionHandler (string + TTL) — supersedes #100, addresses #95

Summary

Adds an optional RedisSessionHandler that stores sessions in Redis, using the
single-string + key-TTL approach that Symfony, Laravel, and the phpredis
native handler all use. It implements SessionHandlerInterface and
SessionUpdateTimestampHandlerInterface, and is decoupled from any specific
client through a small Aura\Session\Redis\RedisClientInterface, with bundled
adapters for phpredis and predis/predis.

Zero-dependency policy is preserved: ext-redis and predis/predis are listed
under suggest, never require. The handler is simply unusable without one of
them installed; the rest of the library is unaffected.

This is the string-based alternative to the hash-based branch
(feature/redis-session-hash, #100). See that branch's
docs/redis-session-handler-notes.md for the full analysis. In short: under
PHP's SessionHandlerInterface, the session is always read/written whole, so
the hash layout does not deliver the transfer efficiency issue #95 cites, and
benchmarks slower than a string. This branch follows the ecosystem consensus.

What it does

• read → GET
• write → SETEX key ttl data (atomic data + expiry); an empty session is
  destroyed rather than stored
• destroy → UNLINK (falls back to DEL on Redis < 4.0)
• updateTimestamp → EXPIRE only — when session data is unchanged, the payload
  is not rewritten (session.lazy_write)
• gc → no-op; expiry is delegated to the Redis key TTL
• validateId → EXISTS

TTL defaults to session.gc_maxlifetime and the key prefix defaults to
aura-session:; both are configurable via the constructor.

Usage

// phpredis
$redis = new \Redis();
$redis->connect('127.0.0.1', 6379);
$handler = new \Aura\Session\RedisSessionHandler(
    new \Aura\Session\Redis\PhpredisClient($redis)
);
session_set_save_handler($handler, true);

// predis/predis
$predis = new \Predis\Client(['host' => '127.0.0.1', 'port' => 6379]);
$handler = new \Aura\Session\RedisSessionHandler(
    new \Aura\Session\Redis\PredisClient($predis)
);
session_set_save_handler($handler, true);

session_set_save_handler() must be called before the session starts. Segments,
flash values, and CSRF tokens continue to work unchanged.

Best practices adopted

Mirrors the mainstream handlers: atomic SETEX, lazy_write via
SessionUpdateTimestampHandlerInterface, empty-session cleanup, UNLINK over
DEL, TTL-owned expiry, and multi-client support. No serialize-handler
requirement (unlike the hash approach, which needs php_serialize).

Files

• src/Redis/RedisClientInterface.php — client-neutral contract (get, setEx,
  del, expire, exists)
• src/Redis/PhpredisClient.php, src/Redis/PredisClient.php — adapters
• src/RedisSessionHandler.php — the handler
• tests/FakeRedisClient.php — in-memory adapter for unit tests
• tests/RedisSessionHandlerTest.php — unit tests (no extension/server needed)
• tests/RedisSessionHandlerIntegrationTest.php — live test across both
  adapters, skipped unless REDIS_HOST is set

Testing / CI

• Unit tests run everywhere with the in-memory fake.
• CI adds a redis service container (pinned to a versioned tag + digest),
  installs ext-redis, and sets REDIS_HOST/REDIS_PORT so the integration
  test exercises both adapters against a real server.
• Verified locally against Redis on PHP 8.4: full suite green (46 tests, 142
  assertions), both phpredis and Predis 3.x adapters covered.

Notes

• No BC breaks; purely additive.
• Issue More efficient Redis session handler #95 deliberately stays open. This gives Aura.Session a Redis
  handler, but the per-field transfer efficiency More efficient Redis session handler #95 asks for cannot be reached
  through SessionHandlerInterface at all — PHP hands the handler the whole
  encoded session on every write(), so a hash moves exactly as many bytes as a
  string. That work needs a Segment-backed store that reads and writes
  individual fields lazily, bypassing $_SESSION. More efficient Redis session handler #95 stays open to track it.
• Feature/redis session hash #100 is the hash-based alternative to this PR; it should be closed unmerged.
• Rebased onto current 7.x, so this now sits on php: ^8.4 and
  aura/session-interface: ^7.0@beta, and the CI matrix is 8.4/8.5.
• predis/predis added to require-dev (^2.0 || ^3.0) to test the Predis
  adapter. No minimum-stability override is needed — the beta constraint on
  7.x resolves aura/session-interface on its own.

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Adds RedisSessionHandler with TTL-based Redis storage, client-neutral adapters for phpredis and Predis, unit and integration tests, documentation, package suggestions, and CI Redis support.

Changes

Redis session storage

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Session handler contract and lifecycle src/Redis/RedisClientInterface.php, src/RedisSessionHandler.php, tests/FakeRedisClient.php, tests/RedisSessionHandlerTest.php	Defines Redis operations and implements session reads, writes, deletion, ID validation, TTL refresh, and garbage-collection behavior.
Redis client adapters and package configuration src/Redis/PhpredisClient.php, src/Redis/PredisClient.php, composer.json	Adapts phpredis and Predis clients and declares optional Redis integrations and development dependencies.
Integration coverage and usage documentation tests/RedisSessionHandlerIntegrationTest.php, .github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml, docs/getting-started.md, CHANGELOG.md	Adds live Redis coverage, CI Redis provisioning, Redis setup guidance, and the 7.0.0 changelog entry.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f95cb

The Redis handler does not deliver the principal transfer-cost improvement requested by Issue #95, so the intended scope should be reconciled before merge. A smaller test-isolation issue also remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Application
  participant RedisSessionHandler
  participant RedisClientAdapter
  participant Redis
  Application->>RedisSessionHandler: register session handler
  RedisSessionHandler->>RedisClientAdapter: store or read session data
  RedisClientAdapter->>Redis: setEx or get session key
  RedisSessionHandler->>RedisClientAdapter: refresh session TTL
  RedisClientAdapter->>Redis: expire session key

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❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The pull request adds a Redis session handler, but it stores each session as one serialized Redis string. Issue #95 requests a more efficient design motivated by avoiding full-session processing and r…	Implement hash-based session storage that updates only changed session data, or provide evidence that the string-based design meets the performance and transfer-cost requirements and update the linked issue scope accordingly.
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 41.30% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 46 functions across 7 files. (4 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The Redis adapters, handler, tests, documentation, dependency suggestions, changelog, and CI Redis service all support the Redis session handler objective. No unrelated code changes are evident.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: adding a string-based Redis session handler.

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The pull request adds a Redis session handler, but it stores each session as one serialized Redis string. Issue #95 requests a more efficient design motivated by avoiding full-session processing and recommends hash-based storage. The implementation does not satisfy that primary efficiency objective.

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Docstring coverage is 41.30% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 46 functions across 7 files. (4 skipped: 4 unsupported.)

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Inline comments:
In `@src/RedisSessionHandler.php`:
- Line 149: Replace the complete-payload string write in RedisSessionHandler’s
session persistence flow with a field-level hash storage contract that updates
only changed session fields, ensuring reads and deletes use the same contract;
do not use a hash containing a single serialized payload field, and preserve TTL
behavior.

In `@tests/RedisSessionHandlerTest.php`:
- Line 81: Update the test around the session.gc_maxlifetime mutation and
write() assertion to use try/finally, restoring the original INI value in the
finally block even when writing or asserting fails.

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