diff --git a/application/config/session.php b/application/config/session.php
index acb0436e..ed7f3825 100644
--- a/application/config/session.php
+++ b/application/config/session.php
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@
 
 	'table' => 'sessions',
 
+	/*
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	| Session Garbage Collection Probability
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	|
+	| Some session drivers require the manual clean-up of expired sessions.
+	| This option specifies the probability of session garbage collection
+	| occuring for any given request. 
+	|
+	| For example, the default value states that garbage collection has about
+	| a 2% (2 / 100) chance of occuring for any given request.
+	|
+	*/
+
+	'sweepage' => array(2, 100),
+
 	/*
 	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	| Session Lifetime
diff --git a/laravel/config/container.php b/laravel/config/container.php
index 5d91f395..ef347996 100644
--- a/laravel/config/container.php
+++ b/laravel/config/container.php
@@ -168,15 +168,19 @@
 	}),
 
 
-	'laravel.session' => array('singleton' => true, 'resolver' => function($container)
+	'laravel.session.manager' => array('singleton' => true, 'resolver' => function($c)
 	{
-		return $container->resolve('laravel.session.manager')->driver($container->resolve('laravel.config')->get('session.driver'));
+		$config = $c->resolve('laravel.config');
+
+		$driver = $c->resolve('laravel.session.'.$config->get('session.driver'));
+
+		return new Session\Manager($driver, $c->resolve('laravel.session.transporter'), $config);
 	}),
 
 
-	'laravel.session.manager' => array('singleton' => true, 'resolver' => function($container)
+	'laravel.session.transporter' => array('resolver' => function($c)
 	{
-		return new Session\Manager($container);
+		return new Session\Transporters\Cookie($c->resolve('laravel.cookie'));
 	}),
 
 
diff --git a/laravel/database/query.php b/laravel/database/query.php
index 085e39f2..6b850e4e 100644
--- a/laravel/database/query.php
+++ b/laravel/database/query.php
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ public function take($value)
 	/**
 	 * Set the query limit and offset for a given page and item per page count.
 	 *
-	 * If the given page is not an integer or is less than zero, one will be used.
+	 * If the given page is not an integer or is less than one, one will be used.
 	 *
 	 * @param  int    $page
 	 * @param  int    $per_page
diff --git a/laravel/laravel.php b/laravel/laravel.php
index 8ec5bf07..a3252b99 100644
--- a/laravel/laravel.php
+++ b/laravel/laravel.php
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
 if ($config->get('session.driver') !== '')
 {
-	$id = $container->resolve('laravel.session.id');
+	$session = $container->resolve('laravel.session.manager');
 
-	$container->resolve('laravel.session')->start($container->resolve('laravel.config'), $id);
+	$container->instance('laravel.session', $session->payload());
 }
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -76,13 +76,9 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
 // Close the session and write the session cookie.
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
-if ($config->get('session.driver') !== '')
+if (isset($session))
 {
-	$session = $container->resolve('laravel.session');
-
-	$session->close($container->resolve('laravel.input'), time());
-
-	$session->cookie($container->resolve('laravel.cookie'));
+	$session->close($container->resolve('laravel.session'));
 }
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/laravel/session/drivers/apc.php b/laravel/session/drivers/apc.php
index c1792127..975cb228 100644
--- a/laravel/session/drivers/apc.php
+++ b/laravel/session/drivers/apc.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel\Session\Drivers;
 
-class APC extends Driver {
+class APC implements Driver {
 
 	/**
 	 * The APC cache driver instance.
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class APC extends Driver {
 	 *
 	 * @var Cache\Drivers\APC
 	 */
-	protected $apc;
+	private $apc;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new APC session driver instance.
@@ -25,38 +25,37 @@ public function __construct(\Laravel\Cache\Drivers\APC $apc)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Load a session by ID.
+	 * Load a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
-	 * This method is responsible for retrieving the session from persistant storage. If the
-	 * session does not exist in storage, nothing should be returned from the method, in which
-	 * case a new session will be created by the base driver.
+	 * If no session is found for the ID, null will be returned.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	protected function load($id)
+	public function load($id)
 	{
 		return $this->apc->get($id);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Save the session to persistant storage.
+	 * Save a given session to storage.
 	 *
 	 * @param  array  $session
+	 * @param  array  $config
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function save($session)
+	public function save($session, $config)
 	{
-		$this->apc->put($session['id'], $session, $this->config->get('session.lifetime'));
+		$this->apc->put($session['id'], $session, $config['lifetime']);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Delete the session from persistant storage.
+	 * Delete a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function delete($id)
+	public function delete($id)
 	{
 		$this->apc->forget($id);
 	}
diff --git a/laravel/session/drivers/cookie.php b/laravel/session/drivers/cookie.php
index 274ccf52..36e7e6f5 100644
--- a/laravel/session/drivers/cookie.php
+++ b/laravel/session/drivers/cookie.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use Laravel\Security\Crypter;
 
-class Cookie extends Driver {
+class Cookie implements Driver {
 
 	/**
 	 * The cookie manager instance.
@@ -36,16 +36,14 @@ public function __construct(Crypter $crypter, \Laravel\Cookie $cookie)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Load a session by ID.
+	 * Load a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
-	 * This method is responsible for retrieving the session from persistant storage. If the
-	 * session does not exist in storage, nothing should be returned from the method, in which
-	 * case a new session will be created by the base driver.
+	 * If no session is found for the ID, null will be returned.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	protected function load($id)
+	public function load($id)
 	{
 		if ($this->cookie->has('session_payload'))
 		{
@@ -54,17 +52,16 @@ protected function load($id)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Save the session to persistant storage.
+	 * Save a given session to storage.
 	 *
 	 * @param  array  $session
+	 * @param  array  $config
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function save($session)
+	public function save($session, $config)
 	{
 		if ( ! headers_sent())
 		{
-			$config = $this->config->get('session');
-
 			extract($config);
 
 			$payload = $this->crypter->encrypt(serialize($session));
@@ -74,12 +71,12 @@ protected function save($session)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Delete the session from persistant storage.
+	 * Delete a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function delete($id)
+	public function delete($id)
 	{
 		$this->cookie->forget('session_payload');
 	}
diff --git a/laravel/session/drivers/database.php b/laravel/session/drivers/database.php
index fb0b85cd..ec6b2ae9 100644
--- a/laravel/session/drivers/database.php
+++ b/laravel/session/drivers/database.php
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 use Laravel\Database\Connection;
 
-class Database extends Driver implements Sweeper {
+class Database implements Driver, Sweeper {
 
 	/**
 	 * The database connection.
 	 *
 	 * @var Connection
 	 */
-	protected $connection;
+	private $connection;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new database session driver.
@@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ public function __construct(Connection $connection)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Load a session by ID.
+	 * Load a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
-	 * This method is responsible for retrieving the session from persistant storage. If the
-	 * session does not exist in storage, nothing should be returned from the method, in which
-	 * case a new session will be created by the base driver.
+	 * If no session is found for the ID, null will be returned.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	protected function load($id)
+	public function load($id)
 	{
 		$session = $this->table()->find($id);
 
@@ -47,12 +45,13 @@ protected function load($id)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Save the session to persistant storage.
+	 * Save a given session to storage.
 	 *
 	 * @param  array  $session
+	 * @param  array  $config
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function save($session)
+	public function save($session, $config)
 	{
 		$this->delete($session['id']);
 
@@ -64,12 +63,12 @@ protected function save($session)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Delete the session from persistant storage.
+	 * Delete a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function delete($id)
+	public function delete($id)
 	{
 		$this->table()->delete($id);
 	}
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ public function sweep($expiration)
 	 *
 	 * @return Query
 	 */
-	protected function table()
+	private function table()
 	{
 		return $this->connection->table($this->config->get('session.table'));		
 	}
diff --git a/laravel/session/drivers/driver.php b/laravel/session/drivers/driver.php
index 7d1dc7ed..b767bf94 100644
--- a/laravel/session/drivers/driver.php
+++ b/laravel/session/drivers/driver.php
@@ -1,314 +1,32 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel\Session\Drivers;
 
-use Closure;
-use Laravel\Str;
-use Laravel\Input;
-use Laravel\Config;
-use Laravel\Cookie;
-
-abstract class Driver {
+interface Driver {
 
 	/**
-	 * The session payload, containing the session ID, data and last activity timestamp.
+	 * Load a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
-	 * @var array
-	 */
-	public $session = array();
-
-	/**
-	 * The configuration manager instance.
-	 *
-	 * @var Config
-	 */
-	protected $config;
-
-	/**
-	 * Load the session for a given session ID.
-	 *
-	 * If the session has expired, a new, empty session will be generated.
-	 *
-	 * @param  Config  $config
-	 * @param  string  $id
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public final function start(Config $config, $id)
-	{
-		$this->config = $config;
-
-		$this->session = ( ! is_null($id)) ? $this->load($id) : null;
-
-		// If the session is expired, a new session will be generated and all of the data from
-		// the previous session will be lost. The new session will be assigned a random, long
-		// string ID to uniquely identify it among the application's current users.
-		if (is_null($this->session) or $this->expired())
-		{
-			$this->session = array('id' => Str::random(40), 'last_activity' => time(), 'data' => array());
-		}
-
-		// If a CSRF token is not present in the session, we will generate one. These tokens
-		// are generated per session to protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks on
-		// the application. It is up to the developer to take advantage of them using the token
-		// methods on the Form class and the "csrf" route filter.
-		if ( ! $this->has('csrf_token'))
-		{
-			$this->put('csrf_token', Str::random(16));
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Deteremine if the session is expired based on the last activity timestamp
-	 * and the session lifetime set in the configuration file.
-	 *
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	private function expired()
-	{
-		return (time() - $this->session['last_activity']) > ($this->config->get('session.lifetime') * 60);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Load a session by ID.
-	 *
-	 * This method is responsible for retrieving the session from persistant storage. If the
-	 * session does not exist in storage, nothing should be returned from the method, in which
-	 * case a new session will be created by the base driver.
+	 * If no session is found for the ID, null will be returned.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	abstract protected function load($id);
+	public function load($id);
 
 	/**
-	 * Delete the session from persistant storage.
+	 * Save a given session to storage.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $session
+	 * @param  array  $config
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function save($session, $config);
+
+	/**
+	 * Delete a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	abstract protected function delete($id);
-
-	/**
-	 * Save the session to persistant storage.
-	 *
-	 * @param  array  $session
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	abstract protected function save($session);
-
-	/**
-	 * Determine if the session or flash data contains an item.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $key
-	 * @return bool
-	 */
-	public function has($key)
-	{
-		return ( ! is_null($this->get($key)));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Get an item from the session.
-	 *
-	 * A default value may also be specified, and will be returned in the item doesn't exist.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $key
-	 * @param  mixed   $default
-	 * @return mixed
-	 */
-	public final function get($key, $default = null)
-	{
-		foreach (array($key, ':old:'.$key, ':new:'.$key) as $possibility)
-		{
-			if (array_key_exists($possibility, $this->session['data'])) return $this->session['data'][$possibility];
-		}
-
-		return ($default instanceof Closure) ? call_user_func($default) : $default;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Write an item to the session.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $key
-	 * @param  mixed   $value
-	 * @return Driver
-	 */
-	public final function put($key, $value)
-	{
-		$this->session['data'][$key] = $value;
-
-		return $this;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Write an item to the session flash data.
-	 *
-	 * Flash data only exists for the next request. After that, it will be removed from
-	 * the session. Flash data is useful for temporary status or welcome messages.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $key
-	 * @param  mixed   $value
-	 * @return Driver
-	 */
-	public final function flash($key, $value)
-	{
-		$this->put(':new:'.$key, $value);
-
-		return $this;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Keep all of the session flash data from expiring at the end of the request.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public final function reflash()
-	{
-		$this->readdress(':old:', ':new:', array_keys($this->session['data']));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Keep a session flash item from expiring at the end of the request.
-	 *
-	 * If a string is passed to the method, only that item will be kept. An array may also
-	 * be passed to the method, in which case all items in the array will be kept.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string|array  $key
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public final function keep($key)
-	{
-		if (is_array($key)) return array_map(array($this, 'keep'), $key);
-
-		$this->flash($key, $this->get($key));
-
-		$this->forget(':old:'.$key);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Remove an item from the session.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $key
-	 * @return Driver
-	 */
-	public final function forget($key)
-	{
-		unset($this->session['data'][$key]);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Remove all items from the session.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public final function flush()
-	{
-		$this->session['data'] = array();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Regenerate the session ID.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public final function regenerate()
-	{
-		$this->delete($this->session['id']);
-
-		$this->session['id'] = Str::random(40);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Readdress the session data by performing a string replacement on the keys.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string  $search
-	 * @param  string  $replace
-	 * @param  array   $keys
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	private function readdress($search, $replace, $keys)
-	{
-		$this->session['data'] = array_combine(str_replace($search, $replace, $keys), array_values($this->session['data']));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Close the session and store the session payload in persistant storage.
-	 *
-	 * @param  Laravel\Input  $input
-	 * @param  int            $time
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public final function close(Input $input, $time)
-	{
-		// The input for the current request will be flashed to the session for
-		// convenient access through the "old" method of the input class. This
-		// allows the easy repopulation of forms.
-		$this->flash('laravel_old_input', $input->get())->age();
-
-		$this->session['last_activity'] = $time;
-
-		$this->save($this->session);
-
-		// Some session drivers implement the "Sweeper" interface, which specifies
-		// that the driver needs to manually clean up its expired sessions. If the
-		// driver does in fact implement this interface, we will randomly call the
-		// sweep method on the driver.
-		if ($this instanceof Sweeper and mt_rand(1, 100) <= 2)
-		{
-			$this->sweep($time - ($this->config->get('session.lifetime') * 60));
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Write the session cookie.
-	 *
-	 * @param  Laravel\Cookie  $cookie
-	 * @param  array           $config
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	public final function cookie(Cookie $cookies)
-	{
-		if ( ! headers_sent())
-		{
-			$config = $this->config->get('session');
-
-			extract($config);
-
-			$minutes = ($expire_on_close) ? 0 : $lifetime;
-
-			$cookies->put('laravel_session', $this->session['id'], $minutes, $path, $domain);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Age the session flash data.
-	 *
-	 * @return void
-	 */
-	private function age()
-	{
-		// To age the data, we will forget all of the old keys and then rewrite the newly
-		// flashed items to have old keys, which will be available for the next request.
-		foreach ($this->session['data'] as $key => $value)
-		{
-			if (strpos($key, ':old:') === 0) $this->forget($key);
-		}
-
-		$this->readdress(':new:', ':old:', array_keys($this->session['data']));
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Magic Method for retrieving items from the session.
-	 */
-	public function __get($key)
-	{
-		return $this->get($key);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Magic Method for writings items to the session.
-	 */
-	public function __set($key, $value)
-	{
-		$this->put($key, $value);
-	}
+	public function delete($id);
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/laravel/session/drivers/file.php b/laravel/session/drivers/file.php
index a3d01e3f..dbf73a67 100644
--- a/laravel/session/drivers/file.php
+++ b/laravel/session/drivers/file.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel\Session\Drivers;
 
-class File extends Driver implements Sweeper {
+class File implements Driver, Sweeper {
 
 	/**
 	 * The file engine instance.
@@ -30,38 +30,37 @@ public function __construct(\Laravel\File $file, $path)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Load a session by ID.
+	 * Load a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
-	 * This method is responsible for retrieving the session from persistant storage. If the
-	 * session does not exist in storage, nothing should be returned from the method, in which
-	 * case a new session will be created by the base driver.
+	 * If no session is found for the ID, null will be returned.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	protected function load($id)
+	public function load($id)
 	{
 		if ($this->file->exists($path = $this->path.$id)) return unserialize($this->file->get($path));
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Save the session to persistant storage.
+	 * Save a given session to storage.
 	 *
 	 * @param  array  $session
+	 * @param  array  $config
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function save($session)
+	public function save($session, $config)
 	{
 		$this->file->put($this->path.$session['id'], serialize($session), LOCK_EX);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Delete the session from persistant storage.
+	 * Delete a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function delete($id)
+	public function delete($id)
 	{
 		$this->file->delete($this->path.$id);
 	}
diff --git a/laravel/session/drivers/memcached.php b/laravel/session/drivers/memcached.php
index 0400f661..ae500e65 100644
--- a/laravel/session/drivers/memcached.php
+++ b/laravel/session/drivers/memcached.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel\Session\Drivers;
 
-class Memcached extends Driver {
+class Memcached implements Driver {
 
 	/**
 	 * The Memcache cache driver instance.
@@ -21,38 +21,37 @@ public function __construct(\Laravel\Cache\Drivers\Memcached $memcached)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Load a session by ID.
+	 * Load a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
-	 * This method is responsible for retrieving the session from persistant storage. If the
-	 * session does not exist in storage, nothing should be returned from the method, in which
-	 * case a new session will be created by the base driver.
+	 * If no session is found for the ID, null will be returned.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	protected function load($id)
+	public function load($id)
 	{
 		return $this->memcached->get($id);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Save the session to persistant storage.
+	 * Save a given session to storage.
 	 *
 	 * @param  array  $session
+	 * @param  array  $config
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function save($session)
+	public function save($session, $config)
 	{
-		$this->memcached->put($session['id'], $session, $this->config->get('session.lifetime'));
+		$this->memcached->put($session['id'], $session, $config['lifetime']);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Delete the session from persistant storage.
+	 * Delete a session from storage by a given ID.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $id
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function delete($id)
+	public function delete($id)
 	{
 		$this->memcached->forget($id);
 	}
diff --git a/laravel/session/manager.php b/laravel/session/manager.php
index 619f59e2..ad6e63a7 100644
--- a/laravel/session/manager.php
+++ b/laravel/session/manager.php
@@ -1,45 +1,129 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel\Session;
 
-use Laravel\Container;
+use Laravel\Str;
+use Laravel\Config;
+use Laravel\Session\Drivers\Driver;
+use Laravel\Session\Transporters\Transporter;
 
 class Manager {
 
 	/**
-	 * The container instance.
+	 * The session driver instance.
 	 *
-	 * @var Container
+	 * @var Driver
 	 */
-	private $container;
+	private $driver;
+
+	/**
+	 * The session identifier transporter instance.
+	 *
+	 * @var Transporter
+	 */
+	private $transporter;
+
+	/**
+	 * The configuration manager instance.
+	 *
+	 * @var Config
+	 */
+	private $config;
+
+	/**
+	 * The session payload instance.
+	 *
+	 * @var Payload
+	 */
+	private $payload;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new session manager instance.
 	 *
-	 * @param  Container  $container
+	 * @param  Driver       $driver
+	 * @param  Transporter  $transporter
+	 * @param  Config       $config
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function __construct(Container $container)
+	public function __construct(Driver $driver, Transporter $transporter, Config $config)
 	{
-		$this->container = $container;
+		$this->driver = $driver;
+		$this->config = $config;
+		$this->transporter = $transporter;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the session driver.
+	 * Get the session payload for the request.
 	 *
-	 * The session driver returned will be the driver specified in the session configuration
-	 * file. Only one session driver may be active for a given request, so the driver will
-	 * be managed as a singleton.
-	 *
-	 * @param  string          $driver
-	 * @return Session\Driver
+	 * @return Payload
 	 */
-	public function driver($driver)
+	public function payload()
 	{
-		if ($this->container->registered('laravel.session.'.$driver))
+		$session = $this->driver->load($this->transporter->get());
+
+		// If the session is expired, a new session will be generated and all of the data from
+		// the previous session will be lost. The new session will be assigned a random, long
+		// string ID to uniquely identify it among the application's current users.
+		if (is_null($session) or $this->expired($session))
 		{
-			return $this->container->resolve('laravel.session.'.$driver);
+			$session = array('id' => Str::random(40), 'data' => array());
 		}
 
-		throw new \Exception("Session driver [$driver] is not supported.");
+		$payload = new Payload($session);
+
+		// If a CSRF token is not present in the session, we will generate one. These tokens
+		// are generated per session to protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks on
+		// the application. It is up to the developer to take advantage of them using the token
+		// methods on the Form class and the "csrf" route filter.
+		if ( ! $payload->has('csrf_token')) $payload->put('csrf_token', Str::random(16));
+
+		return $payload;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Deteremine if the session is expired based on the last activity timestamp
+	 * and the session lifetime set in the configuration file.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $payload
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	private function expired($payload)
+	{
+		return (time() - $payload['last_activity']) > ($this->config->get('session.lifetime') * 60);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Close the session handling for the request.
+	 *
+	 * @param  Payload  $payload
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function close(Payload $payload)
+	{
+		$config = $this->config->get('session');
+
+		$this->driver->save($payload->age(), $config);
+
+		$this->transporter->put($payload->session['id'], $config);
+
+		// Some session drivers implement the Sweeper interface, which specified that the driver
+		// must do its garbage collection manually. Alternatively, some drivers such as APC and
+		// Memcached are not required to manually clean up their sessions.
+		if (mt_rand(1, $config['sweepage'][1]) <= $config['sweepage'][0] and $this->driver instanceof Sweeper)
+		{
+			$this->driver->sweep(time() - ($config['lifetime'] * 60));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Magic Method for calling methods on the session payload instance.
+	 */
+	public function __call($method, $parameters)
+	{
+		if (method_exists($this->payload, $method))
+		{
+			return call_user_func_array(array($this->payload, $method), $parameters);
+		}
+
+		throw new \Exception("Attempting to call undefined method [$method] on session manager.");
 	}
 
 }
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diff --git a/laravel/session/payload.php b/laravel/session/payload.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b3c10cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/laravel/session/payload.php
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+<?php namespace Laravel\Session;
+
+use Laravel\Str;
+use Laravel\Closure;
+
+class Payload {
+
+	/**
+	 * The raw session payload array.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	public $session = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new session container instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $session
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function __construct($session)
+	{
+		$this->session = $session;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine if the session or flash data contains an item.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $key
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function has($key)
+	{
+		return ( ! is_null($this->get($key)));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get an item from the session.
+	 *
+	 * A default value may also be specified, and will be returned in the item doesn't exist.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $key
+	 * @param  mixed   $default
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function get($key, $default = null)
+	{
+		foreach (array($key, ':old:'.$key, ':new:'.$key) as $possibility)
+		{
+			if (array_key_exists($possibility, $this->session['data']))
+			{
+				return $this->session['data'][$possibility];
+			}
+		}
+
+		return ($default instanceof Closure) ? call_user_func($default) : $default;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Write an item to the session.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $key
+	 * @param  mixed   $value
+	 * @return Driver
+	 */
+	public function put($key, $value)
+	{
+		$this->session['data'][$key] = $value;
+
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Write an item to the session flash data.
+	 *
+	 * Flash data only exists for the next request. After that, it will be removed from
+	 * the session. Flash data is useful for temporary status or welcome messages.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $key
+	 * @param  mixed   $value
+	 * @return Driver
+	 */
+	public function flash($key, $value)
+	{
+		$this->put(':new:'.$key, $value);
+
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Keep all of the session flash data from expiring at the end of the request.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function reflash()
+	{
+		$this->readdress(':old:', ':new:', array_keys($this->session['data']));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Keep a session flash item from expiring at the end of the request.
+	 *
+	 * If a string is passed to the method, only that item will be kept. An array may also
+	 * be passed to the method, in which case all items in the array will be kept.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string|array  $key
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function keep($key)
+	{
+		if (is_array($key)) return array_map(array($this, 'keep'), $key);
+
+		$this->flash($key, $this->get($key));
+
+		$this->forget(':old:'.$key);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove an item from the session.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $key
+	 * @return Driver
+	 */
+	public function forget($key)
+	{
+		unset($this->session['data'][$key]);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove all items from the session.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function flush()
+	{
+		$this->session['data'] = array();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Regenerate the session ID.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function regenerate()
+	{
+		$this->session['id'] = Str::random(40);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Age the session payload, preparing it for storage after a request.
+	 *
+	 * The session flash data will be aged and the last activity timestamp will be updated.
+	 * The aged session array will be returned by the method.
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function age()
+	{
+		$this->session['last_activity'] = time();
+
+		// To age the data, we will forget all of the old keys and then rewrite the newly
+		// flashed items to have old keys, which will be available for the next request.
+		foreach ($this->session['data'] as $key => $value)
+		{
+			if (strpos($key, ':old:') === 0) $this->forget($key);
+		}
+
+		$this->readdress(':new:', ':old:', array_keys($this->session['data']));
+
+		return $this->session;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Readdress the session data by performing a string replacement on the keys.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $search
+	 * @param  string  $replace
+	 * @param  array   $keys
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	private function readdress($search, $replace, $keys)
+	{
+		$this->session['data'] = array_combine(str_replace($search, $replace, $keys), array_values($this->session['data']));
+	}
+
+}
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diff --git a/laravel/session/transporters/cookie.php b/laravel/session/transporters/cookie.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61fba531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/laravel/session/transporters/cookie.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php namespace Laravel\Session\Transporters;
+
+class Cookie implements Transporter {
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new cookie session transporter instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param  Cookie  $cookie
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function __construct(\Laravel\Cookie $cookie)
+	{
+		$this->cookie = $cookie;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the session identifier for the request.
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function get()
+	{
+		return $this->cookie->get('laravel_session');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Store the session identifier for the request.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $id
+	 * @param  array   $config
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function put($id, $config)
+	{
+		if ( ! headers_sent())
+		{
+			$minutes = ($config['expire_on_close']) ? 0 : $config['lifetime'];
+
+			$this->cookie->put('laravel_session', $id, $minutes, $config['path'], $config['domain']);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
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diff --git a/laravel/session/transporters/transporter.php b/laravel/session/transporters/transporter.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afc1fbc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/laravel/session/transporters/transporter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php namespace Laravel\Session\Transporters;
+
+interface Transporter {
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the session identifier for the request.
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function get();
+
+	/**
+	 * Store the session identifier for the request.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $id
+	 * @param  array   $config
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function put($id, $config);
+
+}
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