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).

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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
```

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,
        ],
    ]
];
```
