diff --git a/src/Core/Session.php b/src/Core/Session.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file src/Core/Session.php
+ */
+namespace Friendica\Core;
+
+use Friendica\Core\Session\DatabaseSessionHandler;
+use Friendica\Core\Session\MemcacheSessionHandler;
+
+/**
+ * High-level Session service class
+ *
+ * @author Hypolite Petovan <mrpetovan@gmail.com>
+ */
+class Session
+{
+	public static $exists = false;
+	public static $expire = 180000;
+
+	public static function init()
+	{
+		ini_set('session.gc_probability', 50);
+		ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', 1);
+		ini_set('session.cookie_httponly', 1);
+
+		if (Config::get('system', 'ssl_policy') == SSL_POLICY_FULL) {
+			ini_set('session.cookie_secure', 1);
+		}
+
+		if (!Config::get('system', 'disable_database_session')) {
+			$memcache = Cache::memcache();
+			if (is_object($memcache)) {
+				$SessionHandler = new MemcacheSessionHandler($memcache);
+			} else {
+				$SessionHandler = new DatabaseSessionHandler();
+			}
+
+			session_set_save_handler($SessionHandler);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static function exists($name)
+	{
+		return isset($_SESSION[$name]);
+	}
+
+	public static function get($name)
+	{
+		return defaults($_SESSION, $name, null);
+	}
+
+	public static function set($name, $value)
+	{
+		$_SESSION[$name] = $value;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Core/Session/DatabaseSessionHandler.php b/src/Core/Session/DatabaseSessionHandler.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Core\Session;
+
+use Friendica\BaseObject;
+use Friendica\Core\Session;
+use Friendica\Database\DBM;
+use SessionHandlerInterface;
+use dba;
+
+require_once 'boot.php';
+require_once 'include/dba.php';
+require_once 'include/text.php';
+
+/**
+ * SessionHandler using database
+ *
+ * @author Hypolite Petovan <mrpetovan@gmail.com>
+ */
+class DatabaseSessionHandler extends BaseObject implements SessionHandlerInterface
+{
+	public function open($save_path, $session_name)
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function read($session_id)
+	{
+		if (!x($session_id)) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		$session = dba::selectFirst('session', ['data'], ['sid' => $session_id]);
+		if (DBM::is_result($session)) {
+			Session::$exists = true;
+			return $session['data'];
+		}
+		logger("no data for session $session_id", LOGGER_TRACE);
+
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Standard PHP session write callback
+	 *
+	 * This callback updates the DB-stored session data and/or the expiration depending
+	 * on the case. Uses the Session::expire global for existing session, 5 minutes
+	 * for newly created session.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $session_id   Session ID with format: [a-z0-9]{26}
+	 * @param  string $session_data Serialized session data
+	 * @return boolean Returns false if parameters are missing, true otherwise
+	 */
+	public function write($session_id, $session_data)
+	{
+		if (!$session_id) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (!$session_data) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		$expire = time() + Session::$expire;
+		$default_expire = time() + 300;
+
+		if (Session::$exists) {
+			$fields = ['data' => $session_data, 'expire' => $expire];
+			$condition = ["`sid` = ? AND (`data` != ? OR `expire` != ?)", $session_id, $session_data, $expire];
+			dba::update('session', $fields, $condition);
+		} else {
+			$fields = ['sid' => $session_id, 'expire' => $default_expire, 'data' => $session_data];
+			dba::insert('session', $fields);
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function close()
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function destroy($id)
+	{
+		dba::delete('session', ['sid' => $id]);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function gc($maxlifetime)
+	{
+		dba::delete('session', ["`expire` < ?", time()]);
+		return true;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Core/Session/MemcacheSessionHandler.php b/src/Core/Session/MemcacheSessionHandler.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Core\Session;
+
+use Friendica\BaseObject;
+use Friendica\Core\Session;
+use SessionHandlerInterface;
+use Memcache;
+
+require_once 'boot.php';
+require_once 'include/text.php';
+
+/**
+ * SessionHandler using Memcache
+ *
+ * @author Hypolite Petovan <mrpetovan@gmail.com>
+ */
+class MemcacheSessionHandler extends BaseObject implements SessionHandlerInterface
+{
+	/**
+	 * @var Memcache
+	 */
+	private $memcache = null;
+
+	/**
+	 *
+	 * @param Memcache $memcache
+	 */
+	public function __construct(Memcache $memcache)
+	{
+		$this->memcache = $memcache;
+	}
+
+	public function open($save_path, $session_name)
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function read($session_id)
+	{
+		if (!x($session_id)) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		$data = $this->memcache->get(self::getApp()->get_hostname() . ":session:" . $session_id);
+		if (!is_bool($data)) {
+			Session::$exists = true;
+			return $data;
+		}
+		logger("no data for session $session_id", LOGGER_TRACE);
+		return '';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @brief Standard PHP session write callback
+	 *
+	 * This callback updates the stored session data and/or the expiration depending
+	 * on the case. Uses the Session::expire for existing session, 5 minutes
+	 * for newly created session.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $session_id   Session ID with format: [a-z0-9]{26}
+	 * @param  string $session_data Serialized session data
+	 * @return boolean Returns false if parameters are missing, true otherwise
+	 */
+	public function write($session_id, $session_data)
+	{
+		if (!$session_id) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (!$session_data) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		$expire = time() + Session::$expire;
+
+		$this->memcache->set(
+			self::getApp()->get_hostname() . ":session:" . $session_id,
+			$session_data,
+			MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED,
+			$expire
+		);
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function close()
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function destroy($id)
+	{
+		$this->memcache->delete(self::getApp()->get_hostname() . ":session:" . $id);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public function gc($maxlifetime)
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+}