The Aerospike PHP client connection methods

This describes the preferred Aerospike PHP client connection methods.

Configuring the Client

The Aerospike PHP client is cluster-aware. The client learns cluster topology from any node connection and tracks cluster status.

The Aerospike PHP client automatically shards data. See Data Distribution.

The Aerospike class constructor configuration must follow the format:

• hosts — A host data array.
• addr — Node hostname or IP.
• port

$config = [
    "hosts" => [
        ["addr" => "127.0.0.1", "port" => 3000]
    ]
];

Creating a Client

The constructor uses the configuration to initialize the cluster connection.

$db = new Aerospike($config);

Verifying the Connection

To verify the connection using isConnected():

if (!$db->isConnected()) {
  echo "Failed to connect to the Aerospike server [{$db->errorno()}]: {$db->error()}\n";
  exit(1);
}

On successful connection, the client is ready for your application to perform database operations.