Title: Compatible with phpredis?
Last modified: November 3, 2016

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# Compatible with phpredis?

 *  Resolved [csmicfool](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csmicfool/)
 * (@csmicfool)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-phpredis/)
 * I’m reading that phpredis is faster than using Predis. Can this plugin be used
   with phpredis?

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 *  Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/)
 * (@tillkruess)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-phpredis/#post-8392294)
 * Yes, I recommend PHP 7 and PhpRedis 3.0.0 for optimal performance.
 *  Thread Starter [csmicfool](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csmicfool/)
 * (@csmicfool)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-phpredis/#post-8392395)
 * To clarify – I’ve build phppredis from source and installed but not via PECL.
 * (running an older distro)
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [csmicfool](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csmicfool/).
 *  Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/)
 * (@tillkruess)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-phpredis/#post-8392408)
 * That should work. If not, let me know.
 *  Thread Starter [csmicfool](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csmicfool/)
 * (@csmicfool)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-phpredis/#post-8392418)
 * The plugin appears to still default to predis. If I update the config to “pecl”
   like so, it still uses predis:
 * define(‘WP_REDIS_CLIENT’,’pecl’);
 *  Thread Starter [csmicfool](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csmicfool/)
 * (@csmicfool)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-phpredis/#post-8392431)
 * Testing out some naked calls against phpredis to be sure it’s not on my end too.
 *  Plugin Author [Till Krüss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tillkruess/)
 * (@tillkruess)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-phpredis/#post-8392433)
 * Can you make sure PhpRedis is installed by running:
 *     ```
       <?php var_dump( class_exists( 'Redis' ) ); ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [csmicfool](https://wordpress.org/support/users/csmicfool/)
 * (@csmicfool)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-phpredis/#post-8392519)
 * I solved it. Was related to TLS support (using Azure Redis).
 * Appreciate the fast responses.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatible-with-phpredis/#post-8392519)
 * Status: resolved