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A Query builder with support for Cassandra, using the original Laravel API. This library extends the original Laravel classes, so it uses exactly the same methods.

Table of contents

• Installation

• Configuration

• Query Builder

• Schema

• Extensions

• Examples

Installation

Make sure you have the DataStax PHP Driver for Apache Cassandra installed. You can find installation instructions at datastax repo.

Note: datastax php-driver works with php version 5.6.*, 7.0.* and 7.1.* only

Installation using composer

composer require shso/laravel-cassandra

And add the service provider in config/app.php:

# config/app.php
...
providers: [
    ...,
    ShSo\Lacassa\CassandraServiceProvider::class,
    ...,
],
...

Configuration

Change your default database connection name in config/database.php:

# config/database.php
'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'cassandra'),

And add a new cassandra connection:

# config/database.php
'cassandra' => [
    'driver' => 'cassandra',
    'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
    'port' => env('DB_PORT', 9042),
    'keyspace' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'cassandra_db'),
    'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', ''),
    'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
    'page_size' => '5000',
    'consistency' => 'local_one',
    'timeout' => null,
    'connect_timeout' => 5.0,
    'request_timeout' => 12.0,
],

Note: you can enter all of your nodes like:

# .env
DB_HOST=192.168.100.140,192.168.100.141,192.168.100.142

Note: you can choose one of the consistency levels below:

Query Builder

The database driver plugs right into the original query builder. When using cassandra connections, you will be able to build fluent queries to perform database operations.

$emp = DB::table('emp')->get();
$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_name', 'Christy')->first();

If you did not change your default database connection, you will need to specify it on each query.

$emp = DB::connection('cassandra')->table('emp')->get();

Examples

Retrieving All Records

$emp = DB::table('emp')->all();

Indexing columns

CREATE INDEX creates a new index on the given table for the named column.

DB::table('users')->index(['name']);

Selecting columns

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_no', '>', 50)->select('emp_name', 'emp_no')->get();
$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_no', '>', 50)->get(['emp_name', 'emp_no']);

Wheres

The WHERE clause specifies which rows to query. In the WHERE clause, refer to a column using the actual name, not an alias. Columns in the WHERE clause need to meet one of these requirements:

• The partition key definition includes the column.

• A column that is indexed using CREATE INDEX.

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_no', '>', 50)->take(10)->get();

And Statements

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_no', '>', 50)->where('emp_name', '=', 'Christy')->get();

Using Where In With An Array

$emp = DB::table('emp')->whereIn('emp_no', [12, 17, 21])->get();

Order By

ORDER BY clauses can select a single column only. Ordering can be done in ascending or descending order, default ascending, and specified with the ASC or DESC keywords. In the ORDER BY clause, refer to a column using the actual name, not the aliases.

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_name', 'Christy')->orderBy('emp_no', 'desc')->get();

Limit

We can use limit() and take() for limiting the query.

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_no', '>', 50)->take(10)->get();
$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_no', '>', 50)->limit(10)->get();

Distinct

Distinct requires a primary key field for which to return the distinct values.

$emp = DB::table('emp')->distinct()->get(['emp_id']);

Distinct can be combined with where:

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_sal', 45000)->distinct()->get(['emp_name']);

Count

$number = DB::table('emp')->count();

Count can be combined with where:

$sal = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_sal', 45000)->count();

Truncate

$sal = DB::table('emp')->truncate();

Filtering a collection set, list, or map

You can index the collection column, and then use the CONTAINS condition in the WHERE clause to filter the data for a particular value in the collection.

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_name', 'contains', 'Christy')->get();

After indexing the collection keys in the venues map, you can filter on map keys.

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('todo', 'contains key', '2014-10-02 06:30:00+0000')->get();

Raw Query

The CQL expressions can be injected directly into the query.

$emp = DB::raw('select * from emp');

Inserts, updates and deletes

Inserting, updating and deleting records works just like the original QB.

Insert

DB::table('emp')
    ->insertCollection('set', 'phn', [123, 1234, 12345])
    ->insertCollection('map', 'friends', [['John', 'Male'], ['Eli', 'Female']])
    ->insert([
        'emp_id' => 11,
        'emp_name' => 'Christy',
        'emp_phone' => 12345676890,
        'emp_sal' => 500
    ]);

Updating

To update a model, you may retrieve it, change an attribute, and use the update method.

DB::table('emp')
    ->where('emp_id', 11)
    ->update([
        'emp_city' => 'kochi',
        'emp_name' => 'Christy jos',
        'emp_phone' =>  123456789
    ]);

Updating a collection set, list, and map

Update collections in a row. The method will be like

updateCollection(collection_type, column_name, operator, value);

Collection_type is any of set, list or map.

Column_name is the name of column to be updated.

Operator is + or -, + for adding the values to collection and - to remove the value from collection.

Value can be associative array for map type and array of string/number for list and set types.

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('set', 'phn', '+', [123, 1234,12345])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('set', 'phn', '-', [123])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('list', 'hobbies', '+', ['reading', 'cooking', 'cycling'])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('set', 'phn', '+', [123, 1234,12345])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('set', 'phn', '-', [123])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('list', 'hobbies', '+', ['reading', 'cooking', 'cycling'])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('list', 'hobbies', '-', ['cooking'])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('map', 'friends', '+', [['John', 'Male'], ['Rex', 'Male']])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('map', 'friends', '-', ['John'])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('map', 'friends', '+', [['John', 'Male'], ['Rex', 'Male']])->update();

DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)
    ->updateCollection('map', 'friends', '-', ['John'])->update();

Deleting

To delete a model, simply call the delete method on the instance. We can delete the rows in a table by using deleteRow method:

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_city', 'Kochi')->deleteRow();

We can also perform delete by the column in a table using deleteColumn method:

$emp = DB::table('emp')->where('emp_id', 3)->deleteColumn();

Testing

For testing run the command below once:

$ php ./prepare_db.php

This will create a keyspace named testing, a table named users and two materialized views named users_by_username and users_by_email and another table named posts and a materialized view named posts_by_month. You can see the full schemas in the file prepare_db.php.

And then run phpunit:

# `pwd` = <project root>
$ ./vendor/bin/phpunit tests