Compatibility

Relay is designed to be a drop-in replacement for PhpRedis and it’s API is identical.

Compatibility mode

PhpRedis will return false in the event that a key doesn’t exist, but also if there is an error. This makes it hard to distinguish the two return values.

$redis = new Redis;
$redis->get('i-do-not-exist'); // false

Relay however will return null if a key doesn’t exist, and will throw an exception if there is an error.

$relay = new Relay;
$relay->get('i-do-not-exist'); // null

To change Relay’s behavior, you may enable it’s compatibility mode.

$relay = new Relay;
$relay->setOption(Relay::OPT_PHPREDIS_COMPATIBILITY, true);
$relay->get('i-do-not-exist'); // false

Also, don’t store truthy/falsey values in Redis, such as null, false, true, 0, -1, [] and so on. Your future self will thank you.