protected function simulateSessionStart(SessionHandler $handler)
{
$handler->open('dummy', 'test');
$data = $handler->read('example');
$_SESSION = unserialize($data) ?: array();
// Instead of session_decode
}
/**
* Read session data
* @link http://php.net/manual/en/sessionhandlerinterafce.read.php
* @param string $session_id
* @return string
*/
public function read($session_id)
{
return $this->handler->read($session_id);
}