PHP Couchbase/ext 1.0 Connecting to Multiple Servers in case of Failure

Hm, the trick must be in the while then. I think that was authored under the assumption that the $cb would evaluate to false if it was not connected. Let me get the author of that snippet to chime in.

We hope to have a new constructor option in the 1.0.x release timeframe as well too.

Heya,

sorry for the confusion, I got the semantics for `new Couchbase()` wrong. To be able to loop through servers to find a healthy one with 1.0, you will need to use the procedural API:

function my_couchbase_connect($servers) {
do {
if(empty($servers)) {
echo "no suitable server found";
return false;
// throw
}
$server = array_pop($servers);
$cb = couchbase_connect($server);
} while(!$cb);
return $cb;
}

$servers = array("server1:8091", "server2:8091");

$cb = my_couchbase_connect($servers);

var_dump($cb);

I'll make sure to make this possible using the OO API as well.

Cheers
Jan
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Thank you for the reply!

The connection while loop is now working with the procedural API. However, I need to update my app to manage the resource number. Do you know if there is any procedural documentation (E.g. couchbase_set, couchbase_get ) outside of what is available on github ( https://github.com/couchbaselabs/php-ext-couchbase/blob/master/couchbase.c )?

Any idea when the OO API maybe updated, couple days, few months?

Thank you again for the assistance.

Blake

On documentation, did you see http://www.couchbase.com/docs/couchbase-sdk-php-1.0/index.html ?

Also, it will probably be more in weeks/months for the OO API.

Thank you for the estimated time for the OO API update, I appreciate that.

In regards to the documentation, I have seen that manual. I am interested in something related to the procedural API. E.g. couchbase_connect(), couchbase_set(), couchbase_get(). I understand it may not be available at this time but any recommendation into the source or where else to look is appreciated.

I have an additional technical question, is it possible to pass a handle/resource to the Couchbase object? E.g. start a connection using couchbase_connect and passing its result to new Couchbase ?

Thank you again for your time,
Blake

Hi Jonny,

the procedural and OO APIs are mirrored, so couchbase_set() == Couchbase::set(), couchbase_get() == Couchbase::set() etc. the documentation and semantics are exactly the same, the only difference is that for the procedural API, the first argument to the functions is a valid Couchbase handle that you get from couchbase_connect() and for the OO API, you need an instance of the class Couchbase that you get with new Couchbase().

The API mirrors ext/memcached which is documented at http://php.net/memcached with the difference documented at http://www.couchbase.com/docs/couchbase-sdk-php-1.0/migrate-to-couchbase...

For the other question, you can't pass a couchbase_connect() handle to new Couchbase. We're not there yet, but the plan is that you can do everything with both APIs and you just pick based on the style you prefer.

I hope that helps :)

Cheers
Jan
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Thank you very much Jan,

This will absolutely help me get going.