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A data store driver is nothing more than an object implementing Opis\DataStore\IDataStore interface.

Methods

read

Returns the value fetched by the path, or a default value if the path don’t point to a value.

signature

/**
 * @param string|string[] $path
 * @param mixed $default Optional
 * @return mixed
 */
public function read($path, $default = null);

usage

$dataStore->read(["path", "to", "value"], "default value");
$dataStore->read("path.to.value");

write

Sets a new value for specified path.

signature

/**
 * @param string|string[] $path
 * @param mixed $value
 * @return bool
 */
public function write($path, $value): bool;

usage

$dataStore->write(["path", "to", "value"], "new value");
$dataStore->write("path.to.value", [1, 2, 3]);

delete

Removes the value associated with the specified path.

signature

/**
 * @param string|string[] $path
 * @return bool
 */
public function delete($path): bool;

usage

$dataStore->delete(["path", "to", "value"]);
$dataStore->delete("path.to.value");

has

Checks if the path points to a value.

signature

/**
 * @param string|string[] $path
 * @return bool
 */
public function has($path): bool;

usage

if ($dataStore->has(["path", "to", "value"])) {
  // ...
}

if ($dataStore->has("path.to.value")) {
  // ...
}

Paths

The path parameter from every method can be a string or an array of string. When the path is a string, you’ll probably convert it to an array of strings that will help you easily descend to the requested value.

If you want to use “dot notation” for paths you can use Opis\DataStore\PathTrait trait inside your driver class.

However, there are cases when you’ll have to use an array. Considering that we use the dot notation and we have the following data:

{
  "sites": {
    "example.com": {
      "status": "active"
    }
  }
}

to get the status for example.com we must use an array, because the key also contains dots.

// Returns "active"
$dataStore->read(["sites", "example.com", "status"]);

// Returns null
$dataStore->read("sites.example.com.status");

This is because when converting sites.example.com.status to array using dot notation, we get the following path: [sites, example, com, status].