2. Create a new
public
function calledget_posts_by_user
that will accept$username
as a parameter.public function get_posts_by_user($username) { }
3. Now, let's create a new instance of
Bones
, so that we can query CouchDB. Let's also instantiate an array called$posts
, which we'll return at the end of this function.public function get_posts_by_user($username) { $bones = new Bones(); $posts = array(); return $posts; }
4. Next, let's query our view by passing
$username
as the key, and let's use aforeach
function to iterate through all of the results into a holding$_post
variable.public function get_posts_by_user($username) { $bones = new Bones(); $posts = array(); foreach ($bones->couch- >get('_design/application/_view/posts_by_user?key="' . $username . '"&descending=true')->body->rows as $_post) { } return $posts; }
5. Finally, let's use the data...
CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner's Guide
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CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner's Guide
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Overview of this book
CouchDB is a NoSQL database which is making waves in the development world. It's the tool of choice for many PHP developers so they need to understand the robust features of CouchDB and the tools that are available to them.CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner's Guide will teach you the basics and fundamentals of using CouchDB within a project. You will learn how to build an application from beginning to end, learning the difference between the "quick way"ù to do things, and the "right way"ù by looking through a variety of code examples and real world scenarios. You will start with a walkthrough of setting up a sound development environment and then learn to create a variety of documents manually and programmatically. You will also learn how to manage their source control with Git and keep track of their progress. With each new concept, such as adding users and posts to your application, the author will take you through code step-by-step and explain how to use CouchDB's robust features. Finally, you will learn how to easily deploy your application and how to use simple replication to scale your application.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Introduction to CouchDB
Setting up your Development Environment
Getting Started with CouchDB and Futon
Starting your Application
Connecting your Application to CouchDB
Modeling Users
User Profiles and Modeling Posts
Using Design Documents for Views and Validation
Adding Bells and Whistles to your Application
Deploying your Application
Customer Reviews