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=Elasticsearch PHP client=
 
=Elasticsearch PHP client=
[[http://elastica.io Elastica]] was chosen as a PHP client because at the time development was started, it was the only one.
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[http://elastica.io Elastica] was chosen as the PHP client because at the time development was started, it was the only one.
2 other clients are now available ([[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/clients/ see list]])
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2 other clients are now available ([http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/clients/ see list])
  
 
[[http://elastica.io/2013/02/20/release-v0-dot-20-dot-5-0/ Release v0.20.5.0]] is used, compatible with Elasticsearch 0.20
 
[[http://elastica.io/2013/02/20/release-v0-dot-20-dot-5-0/ Release v0.20.5.0]] is used, compatible with Elasticsearch 0.20

Revision as of 17:01, 25 June 2013

Developer's notes

Elasticsearch PHP client

Elastica was chosen as the PHP client because at the time development was started, it was the only one. 2 other clients are now available (see list)

[Release v0.20.5.0] is used, compatible with Elasticsearch 0.20

Ugrading to Elasticsearch 0.90 would require [Release v0.90.1.0]

Plugin administration

  • Elastic Search Types are table names (usr,interaction_instance,interaction_forum_post,view,group,artefact)
  • Everytime the settings are saved, the mapping of each type is updated, and the triggers on each table are dropped and re-created. MySQL is not supported at the moment. The functions in ESindexing need to be updated for MySQL.
  • Resetting a type inserts all the records of the related table into elasticsearch_queue.
  • Indexing is done on cron tun.

Indexing

Every time a record is inserted, updated or deleted in one of the selected table, a DB trigger inserts the id and type of that record into elasticsearch_queue.

The original idea was creating more hooks on the different types, but it would be more time consuming and complicated.