SingleStore Driver for Laravel

This repository contains the official SingleStoreDB Driver for Laravel. This driver wraps the official MySQL support in Laravel in order to make it work nicer with SingleStoreDB. Specifically, this driver provides the following advantages over vanilla Laravel MySQL support:

• Extensions to Eloquent allowing specific SingleStoreDB features to be specified through the Eloquent api. See Migrations for supported features.
• Integration tested against SingleStoreDB across a matrix of PHP and Laravel versions.
• JSON column support
• Other compatibility fixes in query generation

TOC

• Install
• Usage
• Issues connecting to SingleStore Managed Service
• Persistent Connections (performance optimization)
• PHP Versions before 8.1
• Migrations
  • Universal Storage Tables (Columnstore)
  • Rowstore Tables
  • Reference Tables
  • Global Temporary Tables
  • Sparse Columns
  • Sparse Tables
  • Shard Keys
  • Sort Keys
  • Unique Keys
  • Hash Keys
  • Series Timestamps
  • Computed Columns
  • Increment Columns without Primary Key
  • Full-text search using FULLTEXT indexes
• Testing
• License
• Resources
• User agreement

Install

You can install the package via composer:

composer require singlestoredb/singlestoredb-laravel

This package requires pdo_mysql to be installed. If you aren't sure check to see if pdo_mysql is listed when you run php -i.

Usage

To enable the driver, head to your config/database.php file and create a new entry for SingleStore in your connections, and update your default to point to that new connection:

[
    'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'singlestore'),

    'connections' => [
        'singlestore' => [
            'driver' => 'singlestore',
            'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'),
            'host' => env('DB_HOST'),
            'port' => env('DB_PORT'),
            'database' => env('DB_DATABASE'),
            'username' => env('DB_USERNAME'),
            'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD'),
            'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET'),
            'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
            'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
            'prefix' => '',
            'prefix_indexes' => true,
            'strict' => true,
            'engine' => null,
            'options' => extension_loaded('pdo_mysql') ? array_filter([
                PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env('MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA'),
                PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => true,
            ]) : [],
        ],
    ]
]

The SingleStore driver is an extension of the MySQL driver, so you could also just change your driver from mysql to singlestore.

In case you want to store failed jobs in SingleStore, then make sure you also set it as the database in your config/queue.php file. At which point, you may actually prefer to set DB_CONNECTION='singlestore' in your environment variables.

'failed' => [
    'driver' => env('QUEUE_FAILED_DRIVER', 'database-uuids'),
    'database' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'singlestore'),
    'table' => 'failed_jobs',
],

Issues connecting to SingleStore Managed Service

If you are encountering issues connecting to the SingleStore Managed Service, it may be due to your environment not being able to verify the SSL certificate used to secure connections. You can fix this by downloading and manually specifying the SingleStore certificate file.

• Download the file here
• In the Laravel SingleStore connection configuration, point the variable PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA at singlestore_bundle.pem:

'options' => extension_loaded('pdo_mysql') ? array_filter([
    PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => 'path/to/singlestore_bundle.pem',
    PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => true,
]) : [],

Persistent Connections (performance optimization)

In general, we recommend enabling PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT when connecting to SingleStoreDB. This is because opening new connections to SingleStoreDB is very expensive compared to running many transactional queries. By using PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT, you can greatly improve the performance of transactional workloads.

The only downside to using persistent connections is that you need to ensure that transactions are correctly cleaned up as well as being careful when changing session variables or the context database. You can read more about this feature in the official documentation on php.net.

Also, note that SingleStoreDB in it's default configuration can handle very large numbers of idle connections with no performance impact. The default is roughly 100,000 idle connections per aggregator, but that can be set much higher if your server can handle it.

To enable this feature, simply update your options to include PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => true:

'options' => extension_loaded('pdo_mysql') ? array_filter([
    PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env('MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA'),
    PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => true,
    PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => true,
]) : [],

PHP Versions before 8.1

In PHP versions before 8.1, the flag PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES results in a bug by which all attributes returned by MySQL (and SingleStoreDB) are returned as strings.

For example, a table with a column named user_id and a type of int(10), if the row value is 5423 we would get a string like "5423" in PHP.

This is a historic and known bug:

• https://stackoverflow.com/a/58830039/3275796
• https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/7b34db0659dda933b1146a0ff249f25acca1d669/UPGRADING#L130-L134

The best method to solve this is to upgrade to PHP 8.1 or higher. If that's not possible, Eloquent's attribute casting is the next best solution.

Migrations

This driver provides many SingleStore specific methods for creating or modifying tables. They are listed below. For more information see the create table docs on SingleStore.

Universal Storage Tables (Columnstore)

By default, tables created by this driver will use SingleStoreDB Universal Storage. Universal Storage leverages both column and row oriented data structures to automatically optimize storage for transactional and analytical workloads. In general, you should use this table type for all tables unless you profile your workload and determine that another table type is better.

To create a table, you can simply use Schema::create:

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    // ... column definitions, indexes, table options
});

Rowstore Tables

To create a rowstore table, use the rowstore method. Rowstore tables are optimized for low-latency transactional workloads with high concurrency at the expense of memory. In general, we recommend using Universal Storage (see above) and benchmarking your workload before using a rowstore table.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->rowstore();

    // ...
});

Reference Tables

To create a reference table, you may use the reference method. Reference tables are fully replicated to every node in the cluster. This means that if you store 1000 rows in a reference table, those 1000 rows will be copied many times. Because of this you should only store small amounts of data in reference tables, and only when you need to reference that data via joins against non-collocated data in other tables. Inserts and updates to reference tables will also run slower due to the high replication overhead.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->reference();

    // ...
});

Global Temporary Tables

To create a global temporary table, you may use the global method on the table.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->rowstore();
    $table->temporary();
    $table->global();

    // ...
});

You may also use either of the following two methods:

// Fluent
$table->rowstore()->temporary()->global();

// As an argument to `temporary`.
$table->temporary($global = true);

Sparse Columns

You can mark particular columns as sparse fluently by appending sparse to the column's definition. This only applies to Rowstore tables.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->rowstore();

    $table->string('name')->nullable()->sparse();
});

Sparse Tables

You can mark particular entire tables as sparse fluently by appending sparse to the column's definition. This only applies to Rowstore tables.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->rowstore();

    $table->string('name');

    $table->sparse();
});

Shard Keys

You can add a shard key to your tables using the standalone shardKey method, or fluently by appending shardKey to the column definition.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name');

    $table->shardKey('name');
});

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name')->shardKey();
});

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('f_name');
    $table->string('l_name');

    $table->shardKey(['f_name', 'l_name']);
});

Sort Keys

You can add a sort key to your tables using the standalone sortKey method, or fluently by appending sortKey to the column definition.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name');

    $table->sortKey('name');
});

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name')->sortKey();
});

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('f_name');
    $table->string('l_name');

    $table->sortKey(['f_name', 'l_name']);
});

Sort keys sort in ascending order by default. If you would like to create a sort key which sorts descending you can set the key direction to desc.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name');

    $table->sortKey('name', 'desc');
});

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name')->sortKey('desc');
});

You may also define the sort key direction per-column using the following syntax:

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('f_name');
    $table->string('l_name');

    $table->sortKey([['f_name', 'asc'], ['l_name', 'desc']]);
});

Sometimes you may want to tune columnstore per table. You can do it by appending with fluently to the sortKey definition.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name');

    $table->sortKey('name')->with(['columnstore_segment_rows' => 100000]);
});

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name')->sortKey()->with(['columnstore_segment_rows' => 100000]);
});

However, you may want to tune it without setting a column as sort key. You can do that by creating an empty sortKey definition:

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name');

    $table->sortKey()->with(['columnstore_segment_rows' => 100000]);
});

Unique Keys

You can add an unique key to your tables using the standalone unique method, or fluently by appending unique to the column definition.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('key');
    $table->string('val');

    $table->shardKey('key');
    $table->unique(['key', 'val']);
});

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->reference();
    $table->string('name')->unique();
});

Hash Keys

You can add a hash key to your tables using the third argument to the index function. Note that by default, indexes on Universal Storage Tables (Columnstore) are always hash indexes, so a simple .index(foo) is usually sufficient. On Rowstore tables this syntax is needed to create a hash index.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->string('name');
    $table->index('name', 'name_idx', 'hash');
});

Series Timestamps

To denote a column as a series timestamp, use the seriesTimestamp column modifier.

Schema::create('table', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->datetime('created_at')->seriesTimestamp();

    // Or make it sparse
    $table->datetime('deleted_at')->nullable()->seriesTimestamp()->sparse();
});

Computed Columns

SingleStore does not support virtual computed columns. You must use Laravel's storedAs method to create a persisted computed column.

Schema::create('test', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->integer('a');
    $table->integer('b');
    $table->integer('c')->storedAs('a + b');
});

Increment Columns without Primary Key

Sometimes you may want to set a custom primary key. However if your table has an int increment column, Laravel, by default, always sets this column as the primary key. Even if you manually set another one. This behavior can be disabled using the withoutPrimaryKey method.

Schema::create('test', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->id()->withoutPrimaryKey();
    $table->uuid('uuid');
    
    $table->primary(['id',  'uuid']);
});

Full-text search using FULLTEXT indexes

SingleStoreDB supports full-text search across text columns in a columnstore table using the FULLTEXT index type.

Keep in mind that FULLTEXT is only supported when using the utf8_unicode_ci collation. An exception will be thrown if you try to add the index to a column with an unsupported collation.

Schema::create('test', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->id();
    $table->text('first_name')->collation('utf8_unicode_ci');

    $table->fullText(['first_name']);
});

Testing

Execute the tests using PHPUnit

./vendor/bin/phpunit

To test against an active SingleStore database, create a .env file and populate the following variables:

DB_DATABASE=
DB_USERNAME=
DB_PASSWORD=
DB_HOST=

Now when executing your tests, enable the integration tests by running

HYBRID_INTEGRATION=1 ./vendor/bin/phpunit

Compatibility matrix

License

This library is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Resources

• SingleStore
• Laravel
• Full-text search documentation

User agreement

SINGLESTORE, INC. ("SINGLESTORE") AGREES TO GRANT YOU AND YOUR COMPANY ACCESS TO THIS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE CONNECTOR ONLY IF (A) YOU AND YOUR COMPANY REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU, ON BEHALF OF YOUR COMPANY, HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LEGALLY BIND YOUR COMPANY AND (B) YOU, ON BEHALF OF YOUR COMPANY ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE OPEN SOURCE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO THIS OPEN SOURCE CONNECTOR AS SET FORTH BELOW (THIS “AGREEMENT”), WHICH SHALL BE DEFINITIVELY EVIDENCED BY ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: YOU, ON BEHALF OF YOUR COMPANY, CLICKING THE “DOWNLOAD, “ACCEPTANCE” OR “CONTINUE” BUTTON, AS APPLICABLE OR COMPANY’S INSTALLATION, ACCESS OR USE OF THE OPEN SOURCE CONNECTOR AND SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON THE EARLIER OF THE DATE ON WHICH THE DOWNLOAD, ACCESS, COPY OR INSTALL OF THE CONNECTOR OR USE ANY SERVICES (INCLUDING ANY UPDATES OR UPGRADES) PROVIDED BY SINGLESTORE. BETA SOFTWARE CONNECTOR

Customer Understands and agrees that it is being granted access to pre-release or “beta” versions of SingleStore’s open source software connector (“Beta Software Connector”) for the limited purposes of non-production testing and evaluation of such Beta Software Connector. Customer acknowledges that SingleStore shall have no obligation to release a generally available version of such Beta Software Connector or to provide support or warranty for such versions of the Beta Software Connector for any production or non-evaluation use.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN ANY DOCUMENTATION, AGREEMENT OR IN ANY ORDER DOCUMENT, SINGLESTORE WILL HAVE NO WARRANTY, INDEMNITY, SUPPORT, OR SERVICE LEVEL, OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS BETA SOFTWARE CONNECTOR (INCLUDING TOOLS AND UTILITIES).

APPLICABLE OPEN SOURCE LICENSE: Apache 2.0

IF YOU OR YOUR COMPANY DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT CHECK THE ACCEPTANCE BOX, AND DO NOT DOWNLOAD, ACCESS, COPY, INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICES.