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PHP client for ClickHouse — fast, lightweight, no dependencies beyond ext-curl.

Features

• Sync & async (parallel) SELECT queries
• Native query parameters — server-side {name:Type} binding, SQL injection impossible
• Rich type system — Boolean, Int64, Decimal, UUID, IPv4/IPv6, DateTime64, Date32, Map, Tuple
• Bulk inserts: arrays, CSV files, streams
• Generators — memory-efficient iteration for large resultsets
• HTTP compression (gzip) for inserts
• Parameter bindings & SQL templates
• Per-query settings — override ClickHouse settings per request
• Cluster support — auto-discovery, health checks, replicas
• Streaming read/write with closures
• Progress callbacks for SELECT and INSERT
• Structured exceptions — ClickHouse error name, query ID
• Sessions, write-to-file, INSERT statistics
• HTTPS, SSL CA, IPv6 support
• Multiple auth methods (none, header, basic auth, query string)

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• ext-curl
• ext-json

Version compatibility:

Requirements for AI

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Installation

composer require smi2/phpclickhouse

Quick Start

$db = new ClickHouseDB\Client([
    'host'     => '127.0.0.1',
    'port'     => '8123',
    'username' => 'default',
    'password' => '',
]);

$db->database('default');
$db->setTimeout(10);
$db->setConnectTimeOut(5);
$db->ping(true); // throws exception on failure

Select

$statement = $db->select('SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE id = :id', ['id' => 42]);

$statement->rows();      // all rows
$statement->fetchOne();  // first row
$statement->count();     // row count

Native Query Parameters

// Server-side typed binding — SQL injection impossible at protocol level
$result = $db->selectWithParams(
    'SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = {id:UInt32} AND name = {name:String}',
    ['id' => 42, 'name' => 'Alice']
);

Insert

$db->insert('my_table',
    [
        [time(), 'key1', 100],
        [time(), 'key2', 200],
    ],
    ['event_time', 'key', 'value']
);

Generator (large resultsets)

// Memory-efficient — one row at a time, no OOM
foreach ($db->selectGenerator('SELECT * FROM huge_table') as $row) {
    processRow($row);
}

Write (DDL)

$db->write('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS my_table (id UInt32, name String) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY id');
$db->write('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS my_table');

Documentation

Detailed guides with examples are available in the doc/ directory:

Core

• Quick Start & Basics — connection, select, insert, write, Statement API
• Async Queries — parallel selects, batch file inserts, error handling
• Bindings & Conditions — parameter binding, SQL templates, conditions
• Settings & Configuration — timeouts, compression, HTTPS, auth methods, sessions

Advanced

• Native Query Parameters — server-side {name:Type} binding
• ClickHouse Types — Boolean, Int64, Decimal, UUID, IPv4/IPv6, DateTime64, Date32, Map, Tuple
• Generators — memory-efficient selectGenerator() for large resultsets
• Per-Query Settings — override settings per request
• Streaming — streamRead, streamWrite, closures, gzip
• Cluster — multi-node setup, replicas, truncate, master node

Reference

• Structured Exceptions — error codes, exception names, query ID
• Progress Function — real-time progress for SELECT and INSERT
• INSERT Statistics — written_rows, written_bytes via X-ClickHouse-Summary
• Advanced Features — partitions, table sizes, write-to-file, logging, debug

Development

# Start both ClickHouse versions (21.9 + 26.3)
docker-compose -f tests/docker-compose.yaml up -d

# Run tests against ClickHouse 21.9
./vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit-ch21.xml

# Run tests against ClickHouse 26.3
./vendor/bin/phpunit -c phpunit-ch26.xml

# Static analysis (PHPStan level 5)
./vendor/bin/phpstan analyse --memory-limit=512M

# Code style
./vendor/bin/phpcs

See CLAUDE.md for project architecture and contribution guidelines.

Articles

• habr.com — phpClickHouse (part 1)
• habr.com — phpClickHouse (part 2)

License

MIT — see LICENSE

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md