Connection Parameters

Predis by default supports various parameters used to control the behaviour of the underlying connection to Redis. These parameters can be specified when creating a new instance of Predis\Client using an URI string or a named array, for example:

$client = new Predis\Client('tcp://127.0.0.1:6379?database=15');

which is equivalent to:

$client = new Predis\Client(array(
    'scheme'   => 'tcp',
    'host'     => '127.0.0.1',
    'port'     => 6379,
    'database' => 15
));

Name	Type	Default	Description
scheme	string	tcp	Specifies the protocol used to communicate with an instance of Redis. Internally the client uses the connection class associated to the specified connection scheme. By default Predis supports tcp (TCP/IP), unix (UNIX domain sockets) or tls (TCP/IP with Transport Layer Security).
host	string	127.0.0.1	IP or hostname of the target server. This is ignored when connecting to Redis using UNIX domain sockets.
port	integer	6379	TCP/IP port of the target server. This is ignored when connecting to Redis using UNIX domain sockets.
path	string	not set	Path of the UNIX domain socket file used when connecting to Redis using UNIX domain sockets.
database	integer	not set	Accepts a numeric value that is used by Predis to automatically select a logical database with the SELECT command.
password	string	not set	Accepts a value used to authenticate with a Redis server protected by password with the AUTH command.
async	boolean	false	Specifies if connections to the server is estabilished in a non-blocking way (that is, the client is not blocked while the underlying resource performs the actual connection).
persistent	boolean	false	Specifies if the underlying connection resource should be left open when a script ends its lifecycle.
timeout	float	5.0	Timeout (expressed in seconds) used to connect to a Redis server after which an exception is thrown.
read_write_timeout	float	not set	Timeout (expressed in seconds) used when performing read or write operations on the underlying network resource after which an exception is thrown. The default value actually depends on the underlying platform but usually it is 60 seconds.
alias	string	not set	Identifies a connection by providing a mnemonic alias. This is mostly useful with aggregated connections such as client-side sharding (cluster) or master/slave replication.
weight	integer	not set	Specifies a weight used to balance the distribution of keys asymmetrically across multiple servers when using client-side sharding (cluster).
client_info	integer	false	Whether to set call CLIENT SETINFO when connecting.