From 09301d4890e4e0fc6d34fde0097aceffbc0266a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?C=C3=A9sar=20D=2E=20Rodas?= Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:46:55 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Adding mini documentation --- README.md | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f9f7ebf..26ac812 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,57 @@ InfluxDB ======== -Simple PHP client for InfluxDB +Simple PHP client for [InfluxDB](http://influxdb.org/), an open-source, distributed, time series, events, and metrics database with no external dependencies. + +How to install it +----------------- + +The easiest way is to install it via [composer](http://getcomposer.org) + +```bash +composer require crodas/influx-php:\* +``` + +How to use it +------------- + +You need to create a client object. + +```php +$client = new \crodas\InfluxPHP\Client( + "localhost" /*default*/, + 8086 /* default */, + "root" /* by default */, + "root" /* by default */ +); +``` + +The first time you should create an database. + +```php +$db = $client->createDatabase("foobar"); +$db->createUser("foo", "bar"); // <-- create user/password +``` + +Create data is very simple. + +```php +$db = $client->foobar; +$db->insert("some label", ['foobar' => 'bar']); // single input +$db->insert("some label", [ + ['foobar' => 'bar'], + ['foobar' => 'foo'], +]); // multiple input, this is better :-) +``` + +Now you can get the database object and start querying. + +```php +$db = $client->foobar; +// OR +$db = $client->getDatabase("foobar"); + +foreach ($db->query("SELECT * FROM foo;") as $row) { + var_dump($row, $row->time); +} +```