Always call registerPHPRedisAliases ?

[GreyXor]

Describe the feature

Call PHPRedisAliases from somewhere else than source code

Use Case

I cannot access/modify my PHP app source code therefore I cannot call ValkeyGlide::registerPHPRedisAliases();
and this app is only compatible with PHPRedis API. so I'm looking for a solution to still be able to use valkey glide, like without calling registerPHPRedisAliases

Proposed Solution

No response

Other Information

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Acknowledgements

• I may be able to implement this feature request
• This feature might incur a breaking change

Client version used

1.1.2

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

linux 7.1 php 8.3 valkey 9.1.0

[prateek-kumar-improving]

Thanks for creating this issue. We will look into this issue and get back to you.

[prateek-kumar-improving]

Validated that this is a valid use case

Proposed solution: Add a new php.ini directive valkey_glide.register_phpredis_aliases that automatically registers Redis, RedisCluster, and RedisException as aliases when the extension loads.

Usage:

ini
extension=valkey_glide
valkey_glide.register_phpredis_aliases=1

No application code changes needed. The aliases are registered during module initialization (MINIT), with a safety check to skip registration if PHPRedis is already loaded.

Implementation details:

• Add a zend_bool field to the module globals struct in common.h
• Add PHP_INI_BEGIN/END block in valkey_glide.c declaring the new boolean INI directive (default: 0, scope: PHP_INI_SYSTEM)
• Call REGISTER_INI_ENTRIES() in PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION and conditionally register aliases after class registration
• Call UNREGISTER_INI_ENTRIES() in PHP_MSHUTDOWN_FUNCTION
  The default is off, so existing users are unaffected.

Note: This issue will be implemented based on priority. Currently moving the issue to backlog.

[GreyXor]

Hello @prateek-kumar-improving that's sound good. I see also another option that could be in the php.ini the compression zstd. want me to create a new issue for that ? it's basically the same idea. let force the compression directly from php.ini

[prateek-kumar-improving]

Separate issue should be good. That way it can be implemented separately.