Predis is a flexible and feature-complete PHP client library for the Redis key-value database. It currently comes in two flavors:
- the mainline client library, which targets PHP 5.3.x and leverages a lot of the features introduced in this new version of the PHP interpreter.
- a backport to PHP 5.2.x for those who can not upgrade their environment yet (it admittedly has a lower priority compared to the mainline library, although we try to keep the two versions aligned as much as possible).
Please refer to the TODO file to see which issues are still pending and what is due to be implemented soon in Predis.
- Full support for Redis 2.0. Different versions of Redis are supported via server profiles.
- Client-side sharding (support for consistent hashing and custom distribution strategies).
- Command pipelining on single and multiple connections (transparent).
- Lazy connections (connections to Redis instances are only established just in time).
- Flexible system to define and register your own set of commands to a client instance.
See the official wiki of the project for a more complete coverage of all the features available in Predis.
You don't have to specify a tcp host and port when connecting to Redis instances running on the localhost on the default port:
$redis = new Predis\Client();
$redis->set('library', 'predis');
$value = $redis->get('library');
Pipelining helps with performances when there is the need to issue many commands to a server in one go:
$redis = new Predis\Client('redis://10.0.0.1:6379/');
$replies = $redis->pipeline(function($pipe) {
$pipe->ping();
$pipe->incrby('counter', 10);
$pipe->incrby('counter', 30);
$pipe->get('counter');
});
Predis supports data sharding using consistent-hashing on keys on the client side. Furthermore, a pipeline can be initialized on a cluster of redis instances in the same exact way they are created on single connection. Sharding is still transparent to the user:
$redis = Predis\Client::create(
array('host' => '10.0.0.1', 'port' => 6379),
array('host' => '10.0.0.2', 'port' => 6379)
);
$replies = $redis->pipeline(function($pipe) {
for ($i = 0; $i < 1000; $i++) {
$pipe->set("key:$i", str_pad($i, 4, '0', 0));
$pipe->get("key:$i");
}
});
Let's suppose Redis just added the support for a brand new feature associated with a new command. If you want to start using the above mentioned new feature right away without messing with Predis source code or waiting for it to find its way into a stable Predis release, then you can start off by creating a new class that matches the command type and its behaviour and then bind it to a client instance at runtime. Actually, it is easier done than said:
class BrandNewRedisCommand extends \Predis\MultiBulkCommand {
public function getCommandId() { return 'NEWCMD'; }
}
$redis = new Predis\Client();
$redis->getProfile()->registerCommand('BrandNewRedisCommand', 'newcmd');
$redis->newcmd();
Predis is fully backed up by a test suite which tries to cover all the aspects of the client library and the interaction of every single command with a Redis server. If you want to work on Predis, it is highly recommended that you first run the test suite to be sure that everything is OK, and report strange behaviours or bugs.
The recommended way to contribute to Predis is to fork the project on GitHub, fix or add features on your newly created repository and then submit issues on the Predis issue tracker with a link to your repository. Obviously, you can use any other Git hosting provider of you preference. Diff patches will be accepted too, even though they are not the preferred way to contribute to Predis.
When modifying Predis please be sure that no warnings or notices are emitted by PHP by running the interpreter in your development environment with the "error_reporting" variable set to E_ALL | E_STRICT.
- PHP >= 5.3.0 (for the mainline client library)
- PHP >= 5.2.6 (for the backported client library)
- PHPUnit (needed to run the test suite)
The code for Predis is distributed under the terms of the MIT license (see LICENSE).