Datastore Library for PHP in 2.0 beta (php-gds)

[Tom Walder]

Hi there,

For anyone that is interested or wants to help with beta testing...

Version 2.0 of the PHP-GDS library for accessing Datastore from PHP on App Engine (or not) is in beta.

https://github.com/tomwalder/php-gds

Here's a copy of the "New in 2.0" section:

New features in 2.0 include 

• Faster - use of Google Protocol Buffer allows faster, low-level access to Datastore
• Easier to use - sensible defaults and auto-detection for AppEngine environments
• Less dependencies - no need for the Google PHP API Client, unless running remote or from non-AppEngine environments
• Local development - Using the Protocol Buffers allows us to access the development server Datastore
• Local GQL support - By default, the local development server does not support GQL. I've included a basic GQL parser that makes this work.
• Data Migrations - leverage multiple Gateways to ship data between local and live Datastore
• Unit tests

Thanks in advance!

[Patrice (Cloud Platform Support)]

Hi Tom,

I must say, not coding often in PHP, I don't really know how to use your library. But I can attest from your activity on Stack that you support it greatly and you know your datastore stuff, so I can only assume this is amazing!

I'm looking it up right now, but I'd like to already thank you for the great work, this will definitely be useful to our PHP users :).

Thank you again, have a great weekend!

[Tom Walder]

Wow, thanks for the vote of confidence!

I certainly hope it helps some people out - Datstore has a lot to offer, and making it more accessible to PHP developers is what this library is all about!

Tom