diff --git a/php_memcached_session.c b/php_memcached_session.c
index b04cd92..5f66e41 100644
--- a/php_memcached_session.c
+++ b/php_memcached_session.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ extern ZEND_DECLARE_MODULE_GLOBALS(php_memcached)
 #define MEMC_SESS_LOCK_EXPIRATION 30
 
 ps_module ps_mod_memcached = {
-	PS_MOD(memcached)
+	PS_MOD_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP(memcached)
 };
 
 static int php_memc_sess_lock(memcached_st *memc, const char *key)
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ PS_READ_FUNC(memcached)
 		*val = zend_string_init(payload, payload_len, 1);
 		free(payload);
 		return SUCCESS;
+	} else if (status = MEMCACHED_NOTFOUND) {
+		*val = ZSTR_EMPTY_ALLOC();
 	} else {
 		return FAILURE;
 	}
@@ -361,8 +363,8 @@ PS_WRITE_FUNC(memcached)
 		return FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (PS(gc_maxlifetime) > 0) {
-		expiration = PS(gc_maxlifetime);
+	if (maxlifetime > 0) {
+		expiration = maxlifetime;
 	}
 
 	/* Set the number of write retry attempts to the number of replicas times the number of attempts to remove a server plus the initial write */
@@ -403,4 +405,60 @@ PS_GC_FUNC(memcached)
 {
 	return SUCCESS;
 }
+
+PS_CREATE_SID_FUNC(memcached)
+{
+	zend_string *sid;
+	int maxfail = 3;
+	memcached_sess *memc_sess = PS_GET_MOD_DATA();
+
+	do {
+		sid = php_session_create_id((void**)&memc_sess);
+		if (!sid) {
+			if (--maxfail < 0) {
+				return NULL;
+			} else {
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+		/* Check collision */
+		/* FIXME: mod_data(memc_sess) should not be NULL (User handler could be NULL) */
+		if (memc_sess && memcached_exist(memc_sess->memc_sess, sid->val, sid->len) == MEMCACHED_SUCCESS) {
+			if (sid) {
+				zend_string_release(sid);
+				sid = NULL;
+			}
+			if (--maxfail < 0) {
+				return NULL;
+			}
+		}
+	} while(!sid);
+
+	return sid;
+}
+
+PS_VALIDATE_SID_FUNC(memcached)
+{
+	memcached_sess *memc_sess = PS_GET_MOD_DATA();
+
+	if (memcached_exist(memc_sess->memc_sess, key->val, key->len) == MEMCACHED_SUCCESS) {
+		return SUCCESS;
+	} else {
+		return FAILURE;
+	}
+}
+
+PS_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP_FUNC(memcached)
+{
+	memcached_sess *memc_sess = PS_GET_MOD_DATA();
+	time_t expiration = 0;
+
+	if (maxlifetime > 0) {
+		expiration = maxlifetime;
+	}
+	if (memcached_touch(memc_sess->memc_sess, key->val, key->len, expiration) == MEMCACHED_FAILURE) {
+		return FAILURE;
+	}
+	return SUCCESS;
+}
 /* }}} */
diff --git a/php_memcached_session.h b/php_memcached_session.h
index 97fe200..4118362 100644
--- a/php_memcached_session.h
+++ b/php_memcached_session.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 extern ps_module ps_mod_memcached;
 #define ps_memcached_ptr &ps_mod_memcached
 
-PS_FUNCS(memcached);
+PS_FUNCS_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP(memcached);
 
 PS_OPEN_FUNC(memcached);
 PS_CLOSE_FUNC(memcached);
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ PS_READ_FUNC(memcached);
 PS_WRITE_FUNC(memcached);
 PS_DESTROY_FUNC(memcached);
 PS_GC_FUNC(memcached);
+PS_CREATE_SID_FUNC(memcached);
+PS_VALIDATE_SID_FUNC(memcached);
+PS_UPDATE_TIMESTAMP_FUNC(memcached);
 
 #endif /* PHP_MEMCACHED_SESSION_H */
diff --git a/tests/session_basic2.phpt b/tests/session_basic2.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f99063a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/session_basic2.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+--TEST--
+Session basic open, write, destroy
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php 
+if (!extension_loaded("memcached")) print "skip"; 
+if (!Memcached::HAVE_SESSION) print "skip";
+?>
+--INI--
+memcached.sess_locking = on
+memcached.sess_lock_wait = 150000
+memcached.sess_prefix = "memc.sess.key."
+session.save_handler = memcached
+
+--FILE--
+<?php
+include dirname (__FILE__) . '/config.inc';
+ini_set ('session.save_path', MEMC_SERVER_HOST . ':' . MEMC_SERVER_PORT);
+
+error_reporting(0);
+
+session_start(['lazy_write'=>TRUE);
+$_SESSION['foo'] = 1;
+session_write_close();
+
+$_SESSION = NULL;
+
+var_dump($_SESSION);
+session_start();
+var_dump($_SESSION);
+session_write_close();
+
+session_start();
+session_destroy();
+
+session_start();
+var_dump($_SESSION);
+session_write_close();
+
+
+--EXPECT--
+NULL
+array(1) {
+  ["foo"]=>
+  int(1)
+}
+array(0) {
+}
diff --git a/tests/session_basic3.phpt b/tests/session_basic3.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc4e7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/session_basic3.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+--TEST--
+Session basic open, write, destroy
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php 
+if (!extension_loaded("memcached")) print "skip"; 
+if (!Memcached::HAVE_SESSION) print "skip";
+?>
+--INI--
+memcached.sess_locking = on
+memcached.sess_lock_wait = 150000
+memcached.sess_prefix = "memc.sess.key."
+session.save_handler = memcached
+
+--FILE--
+<?php
+include dirname (__FILE__) . '/config.inc';
+ini_set ('session.save_path', MEMC_SERVER_HOST . ':' . MEMC_SERVER_PORT);
+
+error_reporting(0);
+
+session_start(['read_only'=>TRUE);
+$_SESSION['foo'] = 1;
+session_write_close();
+
+$_SESSION = NULL;
+
+var_dump($_SESSION);
+session_start();
+var_dump($_SESSION);
+session_write_close();
+
+session_start();
+session_destroy();
+
+session_start();
+var_dump($_SESSION);
+session_write_close();
+
+
+--EXPECT--
+NULL
+array(1) {
+  ["foo"]=>
+  int(1)
+}
+array(0) {
+}