Using Redis with PHP

Installing PHP Redis on Ubuntu

To install PHP on Ubuntu, first install the Redis server:

sudo apt install redis-server

then install the PHP module:

sudo apt install php-redis

And restart the Apache server:

sudo service apache2 restart

Connecting to a Redis instance

Assuming a default server running on localhost with the default port, the command to connect to that Redis server would be:

$redis = new Redis();
$redis->connect('127.0.0.1', 6379);

Executing Redis commands in PHP

The Redis PHP module gives access to the same commands as the Redis CLI client so it is quite straightforward to use.

The syntax is as follow:

// Creates two new keys:
$redis->set('mykey-1', 123);
$redis->set('mykey-2', 'abcd');

// Gets one key (prints '123')
var_dump($redis->get('mykey-1'));

// Gets all keys starting with 'my-key-'
// (prints '123', 'abcd')
var_dump($redis->keys('mykey-*'));