diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0897e66..b1618d2 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
   , "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.2"
       , "guzzle/guzzle": "v2.0.2"
+      , "symfony/http-foundation": "dev-master"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 4018db3..9d06440 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "hash": "bd52a853cdf4e34ae75e805f32ed97ae",
+    "hash": "d7129e7aaad8e0eb4a90bca173a7cfe2",
     "packages": [
         {
             "package": "doctrine/common",
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
             "version": "dev-master",
             "source-reference": "b98d68d3b8513c62d35504570f09e9d3dc33d083"
         },
+        {
+            "package": "symfony/http-foundation",
+            "version": "dev-master",
+            "source-reference": "c42a11f51217244a1b57fa45bb2da5f1edcee010"
+        },
         {
             "package": "symfony/validator",
             "version": "dev-master",
diff --git a/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Serialize/HandlerInterface.php b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Serialize/HandlerInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42774b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Serialize/HandlerInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize;
+
+interface HandlerInterface {
+    /**
+     * @param array
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function serialize(array $data);
+
+    /**
+     * @param string
+     * @return array
+     */
+    function unserialize($raw);
+}
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diff --git a/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Serialize/PhpBinaryHandler.php b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Serialize/PhpBinaryHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a44ca26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Serialize/PhpBinaryHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize;
+
+class PhpBinaryHandler implements HandlerInterface {
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function serialize(array $data) {
+        throw new \RuntimeException("Serialize PhpHandler:serialize code not written yet, write me!");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     * @link http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.session-decode.php#108037 Code from this comment on php.net
+     */
+    public function unserialize($raw) {
+        $returnData = array();
+        $offset     = 0;
+
+        while ($offset < strlen($raw)) {
+            $num     = ord($raw[$offset]);
+            $offset += 1;
+            $varname = substr($raw, $offset, $num);
+            $offset += $num;
+            $data    = unserialize(substr($raw, $offset));
+
+            $returnData[$varname] = $data;
+            $offset += strlen(serialize($data));
+        }
+
+        return $returnData;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Serialize/PhpHandler.php b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Serialize/PhpHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bc2102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Serialize/PhpHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize;
+
+class PhpHandler implements HandlerInterface {
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function serialize(array $data) {
+        throw new \RuntimeException("Serialize PhpHandler:serialize code not written yet, write me!");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     * @link http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/function.session-decode.php#108037 Code from this comment on php.net
+     * @throws UnexpectedValueException If there is a problem parsing the data
+     */
+    public function unserialize($raw) {
+        $returnData = array();
+        $offset     = 0;
+
+        while ($offset < strlen($raw)) {
+            if (!strstr(substr($raw, $offset), "|")) {
+                throw new \UnexpectedValueException("invalid data, remaining: " . substr($raw, $offset));
+            }
+
+            $pos     = strpos($raw, "|", $offset);
+            $num     = $pos - $offset;
+            $varname = substr($raw, $offset, $num);
+            $offset += $num + 1;
+            $data    = unserialize(substr($raw, $offset));
+
+            $returnData[$varname] = $data;
+            $offset += strlen(serialize($data));
+        }
+
+        return $returnData;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/SessionComponent.php b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/SessionComponent.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30654c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/SessionComponent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Component\Session;
+use Ratchet\Component\MessageComponentInterface;
+use Ratchet\Resource\ConnectionInterface;
+use Ratchet\Component\Session\Storage\VirtualSessionStorage;
+use Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize\HandlerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Session;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler\NullSessionHandler;
+
+/**
+ * This component will allow access to session data from your website for each user connected
+ * Symfony HttpFoundation is required for this component to work
+ * Your website must also use Symfony HttpFoundation Sessions to read your sites session data
+ * If your are not using at least PHP 5.4 you must include a SessionHandlerInterface stub (is included in Symfony HttpFoundation, loaded w/ composer)
+ */
+class SessionComponent implements MessageComponentInterface {
+    /**
+     * @var Ratchet\Component\MessageComponentInterface
+     */
+    protected $_app;
+
+    /**
+     * Selected handler storage assigned by the developer
+     * @var SessionHandlerInterface
+     */
+    protected $_handler;
+
+    /**
+     * Null storage handler if no previous session was found
+     * @var SessionHandlerInterface
+     */
+    protected $_null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize\HandlerInterface
+     */
+    protected $_serializer;
+
+    /**
+     * @param Ratchet\Component\MessageComponentInterface
+     * @param SessionHandlerInterface
+     * @param array
+     * @param Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize\HandlerInterface
+     * @throws RuntimeException If unable to match serialization methods
+     */
+    public function __construct(MessageComponentInterface $app, \SessionHandlerInterface $handler, array $options = array(), HandlerInterface $serializer = null) {
+        $this->_app     = $app;
+        $this->_handler = $handler;
+        $this->_null    = new NullSessionHandler;
+
+        ini_set('session.auto_start', 0);
+        ini_set('session.cache_limiter', '');
+        ini_set('session.use_cookies', 0);
+
+        $this->setOptions($options);
+
+        if (null === $serializer) {
+            $serialClass = __NAMESPACE__ . "\\Serialize\\{$this->toClassCase(ini_get('session.serialize_handler'))}Handler"; // awesome/terrible hack, eh?
+            if (!class_exists($serialClass)) {
+                throw new \RuntimeExcpetion('Unable to parse session serialize handler');
+            }
+
+            $serializer = new $serialClass;
+        }
+
+        $this->_serializer = $serializer;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function onOpen(ConnectionInterface $conn) {
+        if (null === ($id = $conn->WebSocket->headers->getCookie(ini_get('session.name')))) {
+            $saveHandler = $this->_null;
+            $id = '';
+        } else {
+            $saveHandler = $this->_handler;
+        }
+
+        $conn->Session = new Session(new VirtualSessionStorage($saveHandler, $id, $this->_serializer));
+
+        if (ini_get('session.auto_start')) {
+            $conn->Session->start();
+        }
+
+        return $this->_app->onOpen($conn);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function onMessage(ConnectionInterface $from, $msg) {
+        return $this->_app->onMessage($from, $msg);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function onClose(ConnectionInterface $conn) {
+        // "close" session for Connection
+
+        return $this->_app->onClose($conn);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function onError(ConnectionInterface $conn, \Exception $e) {
+        return $this->_app->onError($conn, $e);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set all the php session. ini options
+     * © Symfony
+     * @param array
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function setOptions(array $options) {
+        $all = array(
+            'auto_start', 'cache_limiter', 'cookie_domain', 'cookie_httponly',
+            'cookie_lifetime', 'cookie_path', 'cookie_secure',
+            'entropy_file', 'entropy_length', 'gc_divisor',
+            'gc_maxlifetime', 'gc_probability', 'hash_bits_per_character',
+            'hash_function', 'name', 'referer_check',
+            'serialize_handler', 'use_cookies',
+            'use_only_cookies', 'use_trans_sid', 'upload_progress.enabled',
+            'upload_progress.cleanup', 'upload_progress.prefix', 'upload_progress.name',
+            'upload_progress.freq', 'upload_progress.min-freq', 'url_rewriter.tags'
+        );
+
+        foreach ($all as $key) {
+            if (!array_key_exists($key, $options)) {
+                $options[$key] = ini_get("session.{$key}");
+            } else {
+                ini_set("session.{$key}", $options[$key]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $options;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string Input to convert
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function toClassCase($langDef) {
+        return str_replace(' ', '', ucwords(str_replace('_', ' ', $langDef)));
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Storage/Proxy/VirtualProxy.php b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Storage/Proxy/VirtualProxy.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25ce486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Storage/Proxy/VirtualProxy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Component\Session\Storage\Proxy;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Proxy\SessionHandlerProxy;
+
+class VirtualProxy extends SessionHandlerProxy {
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $_sessionId;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $_sessionName;
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function __construct(\SessionHandlerInterface $handler) {
+        parent::__construct($handler);
+
+        $this->saveHandlerName = 'user';
+        $this->_sessionName    = ini_get('session.name');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getId() {
+        return $this->_sessionId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function setId($id) {
+        $this->_sessionId = $id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function getName() {
+        return $this->_sessionName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * DO NOT CALL THIS METHOD  
+     * @param string
+     * @throws RuntimeException
+     */
+    public function setName($name) {
+        throw new \RuntimeException("Can not change session name in VirtualProxy");
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Storage/VirtualSessionStorage.php b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Storage/VirtualSessionStorage.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..795e4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ratchet/Component/Session/Storage/VirtualSessionStorage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Component\Session\Storage;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\NativeSessionStorage;
+use Ratchet\Component\Session\Storage\Proxy\VirtualProxy;
+use Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize\HandlerInterface;
+
+class VirtualSessionStorage extends NativeSessionStorage {
+    /**
+     * @var Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize\HandlerInterface
+     */
+    protected $_serializer;
+
+    /**
+     * @param SessionHandlerInterface
+     * @param string The ID of the session to retreive
+     * @param Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize\HandlerInterface
+     */
+    public function __construct(\SessionHandlerInterface $handler, $sessionId, HandlerInterface $serializer) {
+        $this->setSaveHandler($handler);
+        $this->saveHandler->setId($sessionId);
+        $this->_serializer = $serializer;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function start() {
+        if ($this->started && !$this->closed) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $rawData     = $this->saveHandler->read($this->saveHandler->getId());
+        $sessionData = $this->_serializer->unserialize($rawData);
+
+        $this->loadSession($sessionData);
+
+        if (!$this->saveHandler->isWrapper() && !$this->saveHandler->isSessionHandlerInterface()) {
+            $this->saveHandler->setActive(false);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function regenerate($destroy = false) {
+        // .. ?
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function save() {
+        // get the data from the bags?
+        // serialize the data
+        // save the data using the saveHandler
+//        $this->saveHandler->write($this->saveHandler->getId(), 
+
+        if (!$this->saveHandler->isWrapper() && !$this->getSaveHandler()->isSessionHandlerInterface()) {
+            $this->saveHandler->setActive(false);
+        }
+
+        $this->closed = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function setSaveHandler($saveHandler = null) {
+        if (!($saveHandler instanceof \SessionHandlerInterface)) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Handler must be instance of SessionHandlerInterface');
+        }
+
+        if (!($saveHandler instanceof \VirtualProxy)) {
+            $saveHandler = new VirtualProxy($saveHandler);
+        }
+
+        $this->saveHandler = $saveHandler;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/Serialize/PhpHandlerTest.php b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/Serialize/PhpHandlerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0528817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/Serialize/PhpHandlerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Tests\Component\Session\Serialize;
+use Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize\PhpHandler;
+
+/**
+ * @covers Ratchet\Component\Session\Serialize\PhpHandler
+ */
+class PhpHandlerTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+    protected $_handler;
+
+    public function setUp() {
+        $this->_handler = new PhpHandler;
+    }
+
+    public function serializedProvider() {
+        return array(
+            array(
+                '_sf2_attributes|a:2:{s:5:"hello";s:5:"world";s:4:"last";i:1332872102;}_sf2_flashes|a:0:{}'
+              , array(
+                    '_sf2_attributes' => array(
+                        'hello' => 'world'
+                      , 'last'  => 1332872102
+                    )
+                  , '_sf2_flashes' => array()
+                )
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider serializedProvider
+     */
+    public function testUnserialize($in, $expected) {
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $this->_handler->unserialize($in));
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/SessionComponentTest.php b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/SessionComponentTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f335e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/SessionComponentTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Tests\Component\Session;
+use Ratchet\Component\Session\SessionComponent;
+use Ratchet\Tests\Mock\NullMessageComponent;
+use Ratchet\Tests\Mock\MemorySessionHandler;
+use Ratchet\Resource\Connection;
+use Ratchet\Tests\Mock\FakeSocket;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler\PdoSessionHandler;
+use Guzzle\Http\Message\Request;
+
+/**
+ * @covers Ratchet\Component\Session\SessionComponent
+ */
+class SessionComponentTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+    /**
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function checkSymfonyPresent() {
+        return class_exists('Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\Session\\Session');
+    }
+
+    public function classCaseProvider() {
+        return array(
+            array('php', 'Php')
+          , array('php_binary', 'PhpBinary')
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider classCaseProvider
+     */
+    public function testToClassCase($in, $out) {
+        if (!interface_exists('SessionHandlerInterface')) {
+            return $this->markTestSkipped('SessionHandlerInterface not defined. Requires PHP 5.4 or Symfony HttpFoundation');
+        }
+
+        $ref = new \ReflectionClass('\\Ratchet\\Component\\Session\\SessionComponent');
+        $method = $ref->getMethod('toClassCase');
+        $method->setAccessible(true);
+
+        $component = new SessionComponent(new NullMessageComponent, new MemorySessionHandler);
+        $this->assertEquals($out, $method->invokeArgs($component, array($in)));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * I think I have severly butchered this test...it's not so much of a unit test as it is a full-fledged component test
+     */
+    public function testConnectionValueFromPdo() {
+        if (false === $this->checkSymfonyPresent()) {
+            return $this->markTestSkipped('Dependency of Symfony HttpFoundation failed');
+        }
+
+        $sessionId = md5('testSession');
+
+        $dbOptions = array(
+            'db_table'    => 'sessions'
+          , 'db_id_col'   => 'sess_id'
+          , 'db_data_col' => 'sess_data'
+          , 'db_time_col' => 'sess_time'
+        );
+
+        $pdo = new \PDO("sqlite::memory:");
+        $pdo->exec(vsprintf("CREATE TABLE %s (%s VARCHAR(255) PRIMARY KEY, %s TEXT, %s INTEGER)", $dbOptions));
+        $pdo->prepare(vsprintf("INSERT INTO %s (%s, %s, %s) VALUES (?, ?, ?)", $dbOptions))->execute(array($sessionId, base64_encode('_sf2_attributes|a:2:{s:5:"hello";s:5:"world";s:4:"last";i:1332872102;}_sf2_flashes|a:0:{}'), time()));
+
+        $component  = new SessionComponent(new NullMessageComponent, new PdoSessionHandler($pdo, $dbOptions), array('auto_start' => 1));
+        $connection = new Connection(new FakeSocket);
+
+        $headers = $this->getMock('Guzzle\\Http\\Message\\Request', array('getCookie'), array('POST', '/', array()));
+        $headers->expects($this->once())->method('getCookie', array(ini_get('session.name')))->will($this->returnValue($sessionId));
+
+        $connection->WebSocket          = new \StdClass;
+        $connection->WebSocket->headers = $headers;
+
+        $component->onOpen($connection);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('world', $connection->Session->get('hello'));
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Mock/MemorySessionHandler.php b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Mock/MemorySessionHandler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87e9953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Mock/MemorySessionHandler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Tests\Mock;
+
+class MemorySessionHandler implements \SessionHandlerInterface {
+    protected $_sessions = array();
+
+    public function close() {
+    }
+
+    public function destroy($session_id) {
+        if (isset($this->_sessions[$session_id])) {
+            unset($this->_sessions[$session_id]);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public function gc($maxlifetime) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public function open($save_path, $session_id) {
+        if (!isset($this->_sessions[$session_id])) {
+            $this->_sessions[$session_id] = '';
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public function read($session_id) {
+        return $this->_sessions[$session_id];
+    }
+
+    public function write($session_id, $session_data) {
+        $this->_sessions[$session_id] = $session_data;
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Mock/NullMessageComponent.php b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Mock/NullMessageComponent.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f93fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Mock/NullMessageComponent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<?php
+namespace Ratchet\Tests\Mock;
+use Ratchet\Component\MessageComponentInterface;
+use Ratchet\Resource\ConnectionInterface;
+
+class NullMessageComponent implements MessageComponentInterface {
+    /**
+     * @var SplObjectStorage
+     */
+    public $connections;
+
+    /**
+     * @var SplQueue
+     */
+    public $messageHistory;
+
+    /**
+     * @var SplQueue
+     */
+    public $errorHistory;
+
+    public function __construct() {
+        $this->connections    = new \SplObjectStorage;
+        $this->messageHistory = new \SplQueue;
+        $this->errorHistory   = new \SplQueue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function onOpen(ConnectionInterface $conn) {
+        $this->connections->attach($conn);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function onMessage(ConnectionInterface $from, $msg) {
+        $this->messageHistory->enqueue(array('from' => $from, 'msg' => $msg));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function onClose(ConnectionInterface $conn) {
+        $this->connections->detach($conn);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    function onError(ConnectionInterface $conn, \Exception $e) {
+        $this->errorHistory->enqueue(array('conn' => $conn, 'exception' => $e));
+    }
+}
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