Redis Cache, Session and ActiveRecord for Yii 2
This extension provides the [redis](http://redis.io/) key-value store support for the [Yii framework 2.0](http://www.yiiframework.com).
It includes a `Cache` and `Session` storage handler and implements the `ActiveRecord` pattern that allows
you to store active records in redis.
For license information check the [LICENSE](LICENSE.md)-file.
Documentation is at [docs/guide/README.md](docs/guide/README.md).
[](https://packagist.org/packages/yiisoft/yii2-redis)
[](https://packagist.org/packages/yiisoft/yii2-redis)
[](https://travis-ci.org/yiisoft/yii2-redis)
Requirements
------------
At least redis version 2.6.12 is required for all components to work properly.
Installation
------------
The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).
Either run
```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist yiisoft/yii2-redis:"~2.0.0"
```
or add
```json
"yiisoft/yii2-redis": "~2.0.0"
```
to the require section of your composer.json.
Configuration
-------------
To use this extension, you have to configure the Connection class in your application configuration:
```php
return [
//....
'components' => [
'redis' => [
'class' => 'yii\redis\Connection',
'hostname' => 'localhost',
'port' => 6379,
'database' => 0,
],
]
];
```