Transactions

Atlas always starts in "autocommit" mode, which means that each interaction with the database is its own micro-transaction (cf. https://secure.php.net/manual/en/pdo.transactions.php).

Manual Transaction Management

You can manage transactions manually by calling these methods on the Atlas object:

// begins a transaction on BOTH the read connection
// AND the write connection
$atlas->beginTransaction();

// commits the transaction on BOTH connections
$atlas->commit();

// rolls back the transaction on BOTH connections
$atlas->rollBack();

Once you perform a write operation (insert, update, delete, or persist), Atlas will lock to the write connection. That is, all reads will occur against the write connection for the rest of the Atlas object's lifetime.

Other Transaction Strategies

If you find that manually managing transactions proves tedious, Atlas comes with three alternative transaction strategy classes:

• AutoTransact will automatically begin a transaction when you perform a write operation, then automatically commit that operation, or roll it back on exception. (Note that in the case of persistRecordSet(), each Record in the RecordSet will be persisted within its own transaction.)

• BeginOnWrite will automatically begin a transaction when you perform a write operation. It will not commit or roll back; you will need to do so yourself. Once you do, the next time you perform a write operation, Atlas will begin another transaction.

• BeginOnRead will automatically begin a transaction when you perform a write operation or a read operation. It will not commit or roll back; you will need to do so yourself. Once you do, the next time you perform a write or read operation, Atlas will begin another transaction.

(As with the manual strategy, the transactions are started on BOTH read and write connections, and each of these will lock to the write connection once a write operation is performed.)

To specify which transaction strategy to use, pass it as the last argument to the Atlas static new() call ...

use Atlas\Orm\Atlas;
use Atlas\Orm\Transaction\AutoTransact;

// use a MiniTransaction strategy
$atlas = Atlas::new(
    'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb',
    'username',
    'password',
    AutoTransact::CLASS
);

... or call setTransactionClass() on an AtlasBuilder instance:

use Atlas\Orm\AtlasBuilder;
use Atlas\Orm\Transaction\BeginOnRead;

$builder = new AtlasBuilder(
    'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=testdb',
    'username',
    'password'
);

// use a BeginOnRead strategy
$builder->setTransactionClass(BeginOnRead::CLASS);

// get a new Atlas instance
$atlas = $builder->newAtlas();