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barrel-db/barrel-php
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PHP client library for Barrel-DB, a document-oriented database.

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Barrel-php
==========

[](#barrel-php)

PHP client for [Barrel-DB](https://barrel-db.org/), an open source document-oriented database focusing on data locality (put/match the data next to you) and P2P.

Visit  for installation intructions for Barrel-DB and to learn about the concepts that underpin Barrel-DB.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install via composer:

```
$ composer require barrel-db/barrel-php

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Barrel-DB uses the JSON format but using this library spares you from converting your data to JSON by using associative arrays which are native to PHP. For example:

The following doc:

```
{
  "id" : "tahteche",
  "name" : "Teche Tah",
  "hobbies" : ["eat", "sleep", "code"]
}
```

Will be:

```
[
  "id" => "tahteche",
  "name" => "Teche Tah",
  "hobbies" => ["eat", "sleep", "code"]
]
```

The example below assumes your Barrel-DB server is serving request at,  and the database you are perfoming operations on is `testdb`. All the functions below operate on an instance of the `Database` class which has been instantiated with the server link and database name.

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