KSQLite is a FFI-based SQLite library that can be used in both PHP and KPHP.
Since this is a FFI library, it needs a dynamic library available during the run time.
Installation steps:
- Install libsqlite3 in your system (if you don't have it already)
- Locate the library file and place in under
./ffilibs/libsqlite3
- Install this composer package to use KSQLite classes inside your code
Depending on your system, you need to find libsqlite3.so
, libsqlite3.dylib
or libsqlite3.dll
file. Then you can copy it to the application root ffilibs
folder
under the libsqlite3
name (note: no extension suffixes).
If you're having difficulties locating the library file, use a helper script:
$ php -f locate_lib.php
library candidate: /lib/x86_64-linux/libsqlite3.so.0
library candidate: /lib/x86_64-linux/libsqlite3.so
run something like this to make it discoverable (unix):
mkdir -p ffilibs && ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux/libsqlite3.so ./ffilibs/libsqlite3
Then install the composer library itself:
$ composer require quasilyte/ksqlite
Notes:
- If you want to place library files/links globally, make
./ffilibs
a symlink - You'll probably want to add
ffilibs/
to your gitignore
- quick_start.php - a simple overview of the API basics
- prepared_statements.php - how to re-use a single statement for multiple queries
- transactions.php - how to use transactions plus some best practices
- simple_site.php - serving a simple TODO app using SQLite as a database
Running examples with PHP:
$ php -d opcache.enable_cli=1\
-d opcache.preload=preload.php\
-f ./examples/transactions.php
Running examples with KPHP:
# Step 1: compile the example:
$ kphp --mode cli --composer-root $(pwd) ./examples/transactions.php
# Step 2: run the binary:
$ ./kphp_out/cli
All functions report error with false
return value (operation status).
When there is more than one result to be returned, a tuple like tuple(T, bool)
is returned, where second tuple element is an operation status.
If operation status is false
, use KSQLite::getLastError()
to get the actual error message.
Note that you only need to care about closing the opened database object. There are no other resources you need to finalize. The API is designed in a way that you don't get any FFI-allocated object, so the library can manage these resources for you.
- exec methods run the query while discarding their results
- fetch methods collect and return results
- query method is a low-level result set iteration privimite; fetch methods are built on that
function exec(string $sql, array $params = []): bool
$sql
SQL query string with optional bind var placeholders$params
bind variables for the query
When to use: need to execute a query once, but don't need the results.
// Simple case: not bind params.
$query = 'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS languages(
lang_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
lang_name TEXT NOT NULL
);'
if (!$db->exec($query)) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
// Exec with named params.
// Note: a var prefix (':', '@' or '$') should be consistent
// between the query and bind params array.
$query = 'INSERT INTO languages(lang_name) VALUES(:lang_name)';
$params = [':lang_name' => 'KPHP'];
if (!$db->exec($query, $params)) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
// Exec with positional params.
// Note: bind var numbers start from 1.
$query = 'DELETE FROM languages WHERE lang_name = ?1 OR lang_name = ?2';
$params = [1 => 'COBOL', 2 => 'Visual COBOL'];
if (!$db->exec($query, $params)) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
function execPrepared(string $sql, $bind_params_func): bool
$sql
SQL query string with optional bind var placeholders$bind_params_func
a callback that binds variables for the query
When to use: running a single SQL statement with different params, don't need the results.
// Execute several inserts with different bind var sets.
$values = [10, 20, 30, 40];
$query = 'INSERT INTO fav_numbers(num_value) VALUES(?1)';
$ok = $db->execPrepared($query, function(KSQLiteParamsBinder $b) use ($values) {
if ($b->query_index >= count($values)) {
return false; // No more rows to insert, stop now
}
// Bind ?1 to the specified value.
// Use string keys, like ':num_value', to bind named params.
$b->bind(1, $values[$b->query_index]);
return true; // Parameters bound, execute the query
});
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
// Execute 10 inserts without bind vars.
$query = "INSERT INTO fav_events(event_time) VALUES(time('now'))";
$ok = $db->execPrepared($query, function(KSQLiteParamsBinder $b) {
return $b->query_index < 10;
});
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
// Prepared statement API allows you to perform N queries
// using the same statement even if you don't know the exact
// N in advance.
$query = "INSERT INTO important_data(x, y) VALUES(:x, :y)";
$ok = $db->execPrepared($query, function(KSQLiteParamsBinder $b) use ($stream) {
// Note: we're not even using $b->index here as our data stream is statefull
// and it knows which item we're processing right now.
if (!$stream->hasMore()) {
return false;
}
$stream->next();
foreach ($stream->keyValue() as $k => $v) {
$b->bind($k, $v);
}
return true;
});
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
If you find prepared statements API too low-level, consider wrapping it in some helper functions.
function fetch(string $sql, array $params = [], $row_func = null): tuple(mixed, bool)
$sql
SQL query string with optional bind var placeholders$params
bind variables for the query$row_func
a callback that is called for every row, its return value is collected
If $row_func
is null, default mapping behavior is used (rowAssoc
).
When to use: execute a query once, collect results.
// The simplest case: no bind params, default mapping function, collecting all results.
// The result rows are arrays of [x, y].
$query = 'SELECT x, y FROM tab';
[$rows, $ok] = $db->fetch($query);
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
foreach ($rows as $i => [$x, $y]) {
var_dump([$i => "x=$x y=$y"]);
}
// Using the same query, but building the result with assoc arrays,
// like ['x' => $x, 'y' => $y].
[$rows, $ok] = $db->fetch($query, [], function(KSQLiteQueryContext $ctx) {
return $ctx->rowDataAssoc();
});
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
foreach ($rows as $i => $data) {
var_dump([$i => "x=$data['x'] y=$data['y']"]);
}
// If you return a non-array value from fetch, you'll get a flat array in the final result.
$query = 'SELECT id, second_key FROM users WHERE age >= ?1';
$vars = [1 => 18];
[$ids, $ok] = $db->fetch($query, $vars, function(KSQLiteQueryContext $ctx) {
return $ctx->rowDataAssoc()['id'];
});
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
foreach ($ids as $i => $id) {
var_dump([$i => "id=$id"]);
}
Notes:
- You can stop the results fetching by using
$ctx->stop()
- Use empty array for
$params
if your query has no bind vars, but you need a custom$row_func
function fetchRow(string $sql, array $params = []): tuple(mixed[], bool)
$sql
SQL query string with optional bind var placeholders$params
bind variables for the query
When to use: execute a query once, collecting exactly one result row.
$query = 'SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_id = :id';
[$user, $ok] = $db->fetchRow($query, [':id' => $id]);
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
Note: if query returns more than one row, error will be reported.
Either use LIMIT 1
or other ways to request only 1 row from the database,
or use fetch()
method and skip rest of the rows explicitely.
Like fetchRow
, but result array has column name keys instead of indexes.
function fetchColumn(string $sql, array $params = []): tuple(mixed, bool)
$sql
SQL query string with optional bind var placeholders$params
bind variables for the query
When to use: execute a query once, collecting exactly one result column.
$query = 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users';
[$num_users, $ok] = $db->fetchColumn($query);
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
Note: if query returns more than one row or that row contains more than one value, error will be reported.
function query(string $sql, array $params, $row_func): bool
$sql
SQL query string with optional bind var placeholders$params
bind variables for the query$row_func
a void-result callback that is called for every row
Unlike fetch-style API, it does not collect any results on its own. Use external state to do that.
When to use: when query results are needed, but fetch API is not flexible enough.
// Implementing a fetch-like operation via query.
$result = new KSQLiteArray();
$ok = $db->query($sql, $vars, function(SQLiteQueryContext $ctx) use ($result) {
$result->values[] = $ctx->rowData();
});
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}
$handler->processData($result->values); // Work with unboxed [K]PHP array
We're using KSQLiteArray here instead of a normal array since KPHP doesn't support by-reference closure captures.
function queryPrepared(string $sql, $bind_params_func, $row_func): bool
$sql
SQL query string with optional bind var placeholders$bind_params_func
a callback that binds variables for the query$row_func
a void-result callback that is called for every row
When to use: same advantages like with execPrepared
, but here you can collect the results.
$ok = $db->queryPrepared(
'SELECT * FROM fav_numbers WHERE num_id = :num_id',
function(KSQLiteParamsBinder $b) use ($ids) {
if ($b->query_index >= count($ids)) {
return false;
}
$b->bind(':num_id', $ids[$b->query_index]);
return true;
},
function(KSQLiteQueryContext $ctx) {
// $ctx->query_index is 0 for the first prepared query execution.
// The second execution will have $query_index=1 and so on.
var_dump($ctx->query_index . '=>' . $ctx->rowDataAssoc()['num_value']);
}
);
if (!$ok) {
handle_error($db->getLastError());
}