Allow to choose the library to access Redis

[mrDlef]

I would like to use predis to access my redis database. I think it would be great to offer the choice for that.

[chrisboulton]

Hi!

Thanks for the suggestion, but I think ultimately this is a bad idea. Right now php-resque (master) will use Credis, which works either with the native phpredis extension, or using sockets in PHP. We chose Credis because it's a light library (look at the complexity of Predis - woah!), so it should slot in without difficulty in most places.

I'm wary of adding multiple driver implementations, purely because of the complexity it would add to php-redis, in terms of development, and testing. Already right now there are subtle implementation differences between phpredis and the socket based version Credis exposes. I don't want to complicate things further.