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Last update : 2023/07/08

Native Apache Cassandra and ScyllaDB connector for PHP based on the CQL binary protocol (v3), without the need for an external extension.

Requires PHP version >5, Cassandra >1.2, and any ScyllaDB version.

Installation

Either:

Via Composer:

$ composer require uri2x/php-cql

Copy Cassandra.php to your project and include it.

Important

Make sure you turn on the native transport for Cassandra by editing your cassandra.yaml file and adding the following line:

start_native_transport: true

Usage

Available methods

connect($host, $user = '', $passwd = '', $dbname = '', $port = 9042)

Connects to a Cassandra node.

@param string $host   Host name/IP to connect to use 'p:' as prefix for persistent connections.
@param string $user   Username in case authentication is needed.
@param string $passwd Password in case authentication is needed.
@param string $dbname Keyspace to use upon connection.
@param int    $port   Port to connect to.
@param int    $retries: Number of connection retries (default: 3, useful for persistent connections in case of timeouts).

@return int The socket descriptor used. FALSE if unable to connect.

close()

Closes an opened connection.

@return int 1

query($cql, $consistency = CASSANDRA_CONSISTENCY_ALL, $values = [])

Queries the database using the given CQL.

@param string $cql         The query to run.
@param int    $consistency Consistency level for the operation.
@param array  $values      Values to bind in a sequential or key=>value format,
                           where key is the column's name.

@return array Result of the query. Might be an array of rows (for SELECT),
              or the operation's result (for USE, CREATE, ALTER, UPDATE).
              NULL on error.

bind_param($value, $column_type) Returns a binded parameter to be used with the query method (static method)

 @param mixed $value Value to bind        The query to run.
 @param int   $type  Value type out of one of the Cassandra::COLUMNTYPE_* constants

 @return array value to be used as part of the $values parameter of the query method

prepare($cql)

Prepares a query.

@param string $cql The query to prepare.

@return array The statement's information to be used with the execute
              method. NULL on error.

execute($stmt, $values, $consistency = CASSANDRA_CONSISTENCY_ALL)

Executes a prepared statement.

@param array $stmt        The prepared statement as returned from the
                          prepare method.
@param array $values      Values to bind in key=>value format where key is
                          the column's name.
@param int   $consistency Consistency level for the operation.

@return array Result of the execution. Might be an array of rows (for
              SELECT), or the operation's result (for USE, CREATE, ALTER,
              UPDATE).
              NULL on error.

Procedural

In addition, a wrapper has been made for those who prefer to work with procedural programming. To use the wrapper, make sure to include Cassandra_Procedural.php that contains the following methods:

cassandra_connect($host, $user = '', $passwd = '', $dbname = '', $port = 9042)

Same as $Cassandra->connect() above. Returns an object type if connection
was successfull. Otherwise returns NULL.

cassandra_close($obj)

Same as $Cassandra->close() above. Use $obj from cassandra_connect as the
first parameter.

cassandra_query($obj, $cql, $consistency = CASSANDRA_CONSISTENCY_ALL, $values = [])

Same as $Cassandra->query() above. Use $obj from cassandra_connect as the
first parameter.

cassandra_bind_param($value, $column_type)

Same as $Cassandra->bind_param() above

cassandra_prepare($obj, $cql)

Same as $Cassandra->prepare() above. Use $obj from cassandra_connect as the
first parameter.

cassandra_execute($obj, $stmt, $values, $consistency = CASSANDRA_CONSISTENCY_ALL)

Same as $Cassandra->execute() above. Use $obj from cassandra_connect as the
first parameter.

Sample usage

<?php

require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

use CassandraNative\Cassandra;

$obj = new Cassandra();

// Connects to the node:
$res = $obj->connect('127.0.0.1', 'my_user', 'my_pass', 'my_keyspace');

// Tests if the connection was successful:
if ($res)
{
    // Queries a table:
    $arr = $obj->query('SELECT col1, col2, col3 FROM my_table WHERE id=?',
      Cassandra::CONSISTENCY_ONE,
      [Cassandra::bind_param(1001, Cassandra::COLUMNTYPE_BIGINT]);

    // $arr, for example, may contain:
    // Array
    // (
    //     [0] => Array
    //         (
    //             [col1] => first row
    //             [col2] => 1
    //             [col3] => 0x111111
    //         )
    //
    //     [1] => Array
    //         (
    //             [col1] => second row
    //             [col2] => 2
    //             [col3] => 0x222222
    //         )
    //
    // )

    // Prepares a statement:
    $stmt = $obj->prepare('UPDATE my_table SET col2=?,col3=? WHERE col1=?');

    // Executes a prepared statement:
    $values = ['col2' => 5, 'col3' => '0x55', 'col1' => 'five'];
    $pResult = $obj->execute($stmt, $values);

    // Upon success, $pResult would be:
    // Array
    // (
    //     [0] => Array
    //         (
    //             [result] => success
    //         )
    //
    // )

    // Closes the connection:
    $obj->close();
}

or, same as above in procedural style:

// Connects to the node:
$handle = cassandra_connect('127.0.0.1', 'my_user', 'my_pass', 'my_keyspace');

// Tests if the connection was successful:
if ($handle)
{
    // Queries a table:
    $arr = cassandra_query($handle, 'SELECT col1, col2, col3 FROM my_table');

    // Prepares a statement:
    $stmt = cassandra_prepare($handle,
        'UPDATE my_table SET col2=?,col3=? WHERE col1=?');

    // Executes a prepared statement:
    $values = ['col2' => 5, 'col3' => '0x55', 'col1' => 'five'];
    $pResult = cassandra_execute($handle, $stmt, $values);

    // Closes the connection:
    cassandra_close($handle);
}

External links

Datastax's blog introducing the binary protocol: http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/binary-protocol
CQL definitions https://cassandra.apache.org/_/native_protocol.html

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2023 Uri Hartmann

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