Weaviate PHP Client

A modern PHP client for Weaviate vector database with multi-tenancy support.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.

Requirements

PHP 8.3 or higher
Composer
Docker and Docker Compose (for integration tests)

Installation

composer require zestic/weaviate-php-client

Examples

For comprehensive examples, see the examples directory:

Getting Started - Complete end-to-end example with multi-tenancy
Error Handling - Comprehensive error handling patterns
Schema Management - Collection and schema operations

Basic Usage

Quick Start with connectToLocal

<?php

use Weaviate\WeaviateClient;
use Weaviate\Auth\ApiKey;

// Connect to local Weaviate instance (default: localhost:8080)
$client = WeaviateClient::connectToLocal();

// Connect to Docker container on custom port
$client = WeaviateClient::connectToLocal('localhost:18080');

// Connect with authentication
$client = WeaviateClient::connectToLocal('localhost:8080', new ApiKey('your-api-key'));

// Connect to Weaviate Cloud
$client = WeaviateClient::connectToWeaviateCloud(
    'my-cluster.weaviate.network',
    new ApiKey('your-wcd-api-key')
);

// Connect to custom Weaviate instance
$client = WeaviateClient::connectToCustom(
    'my-server.com',        // host
    9200,                   // port
    true,                   // use HTTPS
    new ApiKey('api-key'),  // authentication
    [                       // custom headers
        'X-OpenAI-Api-Key' => 'your-openai-key',
        'X-Custom-Header' => 'custom-value'
    ]
);

Schema Management

The PHP client provides comprehensive schema management capabilities:

<?php

use Weaviate\WeaviateClient;

$client = WeaviateClient::connectToLocal();
$schema = $client->schema();

// Check if collection exists
if (!$schema->exists('Article')) {
    // Create collection with properties
    $schema->create([
        'class' => 'Article',
        'description' => 'A collection for storing articles',
        'properties' => [
            [
                'name' => 'title',
                'dataType' => ['text'],
                'description' => 'Article title'
            ],
            [
                'name' => 'content',
                'dataType' => ['text'],
                'description' => 'Article content'
            ],
            [
                'name' => 'publishedAt',
                'dataType' => ['date'],
                'description' => 'Publication date'
            ],
            [
                'name' => 'viewCount',
                'dataType' => ['int'],
                'description' => 'Number of views'
            ]
        ]
    ]);
}

// Get complete schema
$completeSchema = $schema->get();

// Get specific collection schema
$articleSchema = $schema->get('Article');

// Add property to existing collection
$schema->addProperty('Article', [
    'name' => 'author',
    'dataType' => ['text'],
    'description' => 'Article author'
]);

// Get specific property
$authorProperty = $schema->getProperty('Article', 'author');

// Delete collection
$schema->delete('Article');

Advanced Usage with Manual Connection

<?php

use Weaviate\WeaviateClient;
use Weaviate\Connection\HttpConnection;
use Weaviate\Auth\ApiKey;
use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use GuzzleHttp\Psr7\HttpFactory;

// Create HTTP client and factories
$httpClient = new Client();
$httpFactory = new HttpFactory();

// Create connection
$connection = new HttpConnection(
    'http://localhost:8080',
    $httpClient,
    $httpFactory,
    $httpFactory
);

// Create client with optional authentication
$client = new WeaviateClient($connection, new ApiKey('your-api-key'));

// Check if collection exists
if (!$client->collections()->exists('Organization')) {
    // Create collection with multi-tenancy
    $client->collections()->create('Organization', [
        'properties' => [
            ['name' => 'name', 'dataType' => ['text']],
            ['name' => 'createdAt', 'dataType' => ['date']]
        ],
        'multiTenancyConfig' => ['enabled' => true]
    ]);
}

// Manage tenants
use Weaviate\Tenants\Tenant;
use Weaviate\Tenants\TenantActivityStatus;

$collection = $client->collections()->get('Organization');
$tenants = $collection->tenants();

// Create tenants (multiple ways)
$tenants->create(['tenant1', 'tenant2']);
$tenants->create(new Tenant('tenant3', TenantActivityStatus::INACTIVE));

// Retrieve tenants
$allTenants = $tenants->get();
$specificTenant = $tenants->getByName('tenant1');

// Manage tenant status
$tenants->activate('tenant3');
$tenants->deactivate('tenant1');
$tenants->offload('tenant2');

// Work with tenant-specific data
$orgId = '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000';
$result = $collection
    ->withTenant('tenant1')
    ->data()
    ->create([
        'id' => $orgId,
        'name' => 'ACME Corp',
        'createdAt' => '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z'
    ]);

// Retrieve object from specific tenant
$org = $collection
    ->withTenant('tenant1')
    ->data()
    ->get($orgId);

Multi-Tenancy

Weaviate supports multi-tenancy, allowing you to isolate data for different tenants within the same collection. This PHP client provides comprehensive tenant management capabilities.

Creating Multi-Tenant Collections

use Weaviate\WeaviateClient;
use Weaviate\Connection\HttpConnection;

$client = WeaviateClient::connectToLocal();

// Create a collection with multi-tenancy enabled
$client->collections()->create('Articles', [
    'properties' => [
        ['name' => 'title', 'dataType' => ['text']],
        ['name' => 'content', 'dataType' => ['text']],
        ['name' => 'author', 'dataType' => ['text']]
    ],
    'multiTenancyConfig' => ['enabled' => true]
]);

Managing Tenants

use Weaviate\Tenants\Tenant;
use Weaviate\Tenants\TenantActivityStatus;

$collection = $client->collections()->get('Articles');
$tenants = $collection->tenants();

// Create tenants (multiple input types supported)
$tenants->create('customer-123');                                    // String
$tenants->create(['customer-456', 'customer-789']);                 // Array of strings
$tenants->create(new Tenant('customer-abc', TenantActivityStatus::INACTIVE)); // Tenant object
$tenants->create([
    new Tenant('customer-def'),
    new Tenant('customer-ghi', TenantActivityStatus::INACTIVE)
]); // Array of Tenant objects

// Retrieve tenants
$allTenants = $tenants->get();                    // Returns array indexed by tenant name
$specificTenant = $tenants->getByName('customer-123'); // Returns Tenant object or null
$multipleTenants = $tenants->getByNames(['customer-123', 'customer-456']);

// Check tenant existence
if ($tenants->exists('customer-123')) {
    echo "Tenant exists!";
}

// Bulk tenant operations
$existsResults = $tenants->existsBatch(['customer-123', 'customer-456', 'customer-789']);
// Returns: ['customer-123' => true, 'customer-456' => false, 'customer-789' => true]

$tenants->createBatch(['new-tenant-1', 'new-tenant-2', 'new-tenant-3']);
$tenants->activateBatch(['tenant-1', 'tenant-2']);

// Remove tenants
$tenants->remove('customer-123');                // Single tenant
$tenants->remove(['customer-456', 'customer-789']); // Multiple tenants

Tenant Activity Status Management

Tenants can have different activity statuses that control how their data is stored and accessed:

ACTIVE: Tenant is fully active, data immediately accessible
INACTIVE: Tenant is inactive, data stored locally but not accessible
OFFLOADED: Tenant is inactive, data stored in cloud storage
OFFLOADING: (Read-only) Tenant is being moved to cloud storage
ONLOADING: (Read-only) Tenant is being activated from cloud storage

// Manage tenant status
$tenants->activate('customer-123');      // Set to ACTIVE
$tenants->deactivate('customer-456');    // Set to INACTIVE
$tenants->offload('customer-789');       // Set to OFFLOADED

// Update multiple tenants at once
$tenants->activate(['customer-123', 'customer-456']);

// Manual status updates
$tenants->update(new Tenant('customer-123', TenantActivityStatus::OFFLOADED));

Working with Tenant Data

Once tenants are created, you can work with tenant-specific data:

// Get tenant-specific collection instance
$customerCollection = $collection->withTenant('customer-123');

// Create data for specific tenant
$articleId = $customerCollection->data()->create([
    'title' => 'Customer 123 Article',
    'content' => 'This article belongs to customer 123',
    'author' => 'John Doe'
]);

// Retrieve data from specific tenant
$article = $customerCollection->data()->get($articleId);

// Update data within tenant
$customerCollection->data()->update($articleId, [
    'title' => 'Updated Article Title'
]);

// Data isolation - tenant A cannot access tenant B's data
$customerACollection = $collection->withTenant('customer-a');
$customerBCollection = $collection->withTenant('customer-b');

$articleA = $customerACollection->data()->create(['title' => 'Article A']);
$articleB = $customerBCollection->data()->create(['title' => 'Article B']);

// This will return null - tenant A cannot see tenant B's data
$result = $customerACollection->data()->get($articleB); // null

Tenant Management Best Practices

Tenant Naming: Use consistent, meaningful tenant names (e.g., customer IDs, organization slugs)
Status Management: Use INACTIVE for temporary suspension, OFFLOADED for long-term storage
Batch Operations: Create/update multiple tenants at once for better performance
Error Handling: Always check tenant existence before performing operations
Data Isolation: Remember that tenant data is completely isolated

// Example: Comprehensive tenant management
try {
    $tenants = $collection->tenants();

    // Check if tenant exists before creating
    if (!$tenants->exists('new-customer')) {
        $tenants->create('new-customer');
    }

    // Batch create multiple tenants
    $newTenants = ['customer-001', 'customer-002', 'customer-003'];
    $tenants->create($newTenants);

    // Get all active tenants
    $allTenants = $tenants->get();
    $activeTenants = array_filter($allTenants, function($tenant) {
        return $tenant->getActivityStatus() === TenantActivityStatus::ACTIVE;
    });

    echo "Found " . count($activeTenants) . " active tenants";

} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo "Error managing tenants: " . $e->getMessage();
}

Query Operations

The PHP client provides a powerful query builder with comprehensive filtering capabilities, matching the Python client v4 API patterns.

Basic Queries

<?php

use Weaviate\WeaviateClient;
use Weaviate\Query\Filter;

$client = WeaviateClient::connectToLocal();
$collection = $client->collections()->get('Article');

// Simple query without filters
$results = $collection->query()->fetchObjects();

// Query with limit
$results = $collection->query()
    ->limit(10)
    ->fetchObjects();

// Query with custom properties
$results = $collection->query()
    ->returnProperties(['title', 'content', 'publishedAt'])
    ->limit(5)
    ->fetchObjects();

Cross-Reference Management

The PHP client now supports full cross-reference management, achieving parity with Python client v4.

Adding Cross-References

<?php

use Weaviate\WeaviateClient;

$client = WeaviateClient::connectToLocal();
$collection = $client->collections()->get('Question');

// Add a single cross-reference
$success = $collection->data()->referenceAdd(
    fromUuid: $questionId,
    fromProperty: 'hasCategory',
    to: $categoryId
);

// Add multiple cross-references in batch
$references = [
    ['fromUuid' => $questionId1, 'fromProperty' => 'hasCategory', 'to' => $categoryId1],
    ['fromUuid' => $questionId2, 'fromProperty' => 'hasCategory', 'to' => $categoryId2]
];
$results = $collection->data()->referenceAddMany($references);

Managing Cross-References

<?php

// Replace cross-references (overwrites existing)
$success = $collection->data()->referenceReplace(
    fromUuid: $questionId,
    fromProperty: 'hasCategory',
    to: $newCategoryId
);

// Replace with multiple targets
$success = $collection->data()->referenceReplace(
    fromUuid: $questionId,
    fromProperty: 'hasCategories',
    to: [$categoryId1, $categoryId2]
);

// Delete specific cross-reference
$success = $collection->data()->referenceDelete(
    fromUuid: $questionId,
    fromProperty: 'hasCategory',
    to: $categoryId
);

Cross-Reference Querying

Query objects based on their cross-referenced properties, matching Python client v4 patterns.

Filtering by Cross-References

<?php

use Weaviate\Query\Filter;

// Filter by cross-referenced property
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byRef('hasCategory')->byProperty('title')->like('*Sport*'))
    ->fetchObjects();

// Filter by cross-referenced ID
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byRef('hasAuthor')->byId()->equal($authorId))
    ->fetchObjects();

// Complex cross-reference filtering
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::allOf([
        Filter::byRef('hasCategory')->byProperty('status')->equal('active'),
        Filter::byProperty('publishedAt')->greaterThan($date)
    ]))
    ->fetchObjects();

Including Cross-References in Results

<?php

// Include cross-reference data in query results
$results = $collection->query()
    ->returnReferences(['hasCategory' => ['title', 'description']])
    ->fetchObjects();

// Include multiple cross-references
$results = $collection->query()
    ->returnReferences([
        'hasCategory' => ['title', 'description'],
        'hasAuthor' => ['name', 'email']
    ])
    ->fetchObjects();

// Combine filtering and reference inclusion
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byRef('hasCategory')->byProperty('title')->like('*Tech*'))
    ->returnReferences(['hasCategory' => ['title', 'description']])
    ->fetchObjects();

Aggregation Queries

Perform aggregation operations with grouping and metrics, matching Python client v4 functionality.

Basic Aggregations

<?php

// Simple count aggregation
$results = $collection->query()
    ->aggregate()
    ->metrics(['count'])
    ->execute();

// Group by property with count
$results = $collection->query()
    ->aggregate()
    ->groupBy('category')
    ->metrics(['count'])
    ->execute();

// Multiple metrics
$results = $collection->query()
    ->aggregate()
    ->groupBy('status')
    ->metrics(['count', 'sum', 'avg'])
    ->execute();

Property Filtering

// Simple property filters
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byProperty('status')->equal('published'))
    ->fetchObjects();

$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byProperty('viewCount')->greaterThan(1000))
    ->fetchObjects();

$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byProperty('title')->like('*AI*'))
    ->fetchObjects();

// Null checks
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byProperty('deletedAt')->isNull(true))
    ->fetchObjects();

// Array containment
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byProperty('tags')->containsAny(['php', 'javascript']))
    ->fetchObjects();

Complex Filtering

// AND conditions
$filter = Filter::allOf([
    Filter::byProperty('status')->equal('published'),
    Filter::byProperty('viewCount')->greaterThan(100),
    Filter::byProperty('publishedAt')->greaterThan(new DateTime('-30 days'))
]);

$results = $collection->query()
    ->where($filter)
    ->fetchObjects();

// OR conditions
$filter = Filter::anyOf([
    Filter::byProperty('status')->equal('published'),
    Filter::byProperty('status')->equal('featured')
]);

$results = $collection->query()
    ->where($filter)
    ->fetchObjects();

// Nested conditions
$complexFilter = Filter::allOf([
    Filter::byProperty('category')->equal('technology'),
    Filter::anyOf([
        Filter::byProperty('status')->equal('published'),
        Filter::byProperty('status')->equal('featured')
    ]),
    Filter::byProperty('viewCount')->greaterThan(500)
]);

$results = $collection->query()
    ->where($complexFilter)
    ->limit(20)
    ->fetchObjects();

ID Filtering

// Filter by specific ID
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byId()->equal('123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000'))
    ->fetchObjects();

// Filter by multiple IDs
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byId()->containsAny([
        '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000',
        '987fcdeb-51a2-43d1-9f12-345678901234'
    ]))
    ->fetchObjects();

Convenience Methods

// Simple criteria-based queries
$activeArticles = $collection->data()->findBy(['status' => 'active']);

$publishedArticles = $collection->data()->findBy([
    'status' => 'published',
    'featured' => true
], 10); // limit to 10 results

// Find single object
$article = $collection->data()->findOneBy(['slug' => 'my-article']);

// Returns null if not found
$article = $collection->data()->findOneBy(['title' => 'Non-existent']);

Multi-Tenant Queries

// Query within specific tenant
$tenantCollection = $collection->withTenant('customer-123');

$results = $tenantCollection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byProperty('status')->equal('active'))
    ->fetchObjects();

// Convenience methods with tenants
$customerArticles = $tenantCollection->data()->findBy(['published' => true]);

Configurable Default Fields

// Set default fields for efficient queries
$collection = $client->collections()->get('Article')
    ->setDefaultQueryFields('title content publishedAt viewCount status');

// Queries without returnProperties() will use the configured defaults
$results = $collection->query()
    ->where(Filter::byProperty('status')->equal('published'))
    ->fetchObjects(); // Returns title, content, publishedAt, viewCount, status + _additional.id

Error Handling

use Weaviate\Query\Exception\QueryException;

try {
    $results = $collection->query()
        ->where(Filter::byProperty('invalidField')->equal('value'))
        ->fetchObjects();
} catch (QueryException $e) {
    echo "Query failed: " . $e->getMessage();

    // Get detailed GraphQL errors
    foreach ($e->getGraphqlErrors() as $error) {
        echo "GraphQL Error: " . $error['message'];
    }

    // Get formatted error details
    echo "Details: " . $e->getDetailedErrorMessage();
}

Development

Running Tests

Unit Tests (No External Dependencies)

# Install dependencies
composer install

# Run unit tests only
composer test-unit

Integration Tests (Requires Weaviate)

Option 1: Using Docker (Recommended)

# Start Weaviate and run all tests
composer test-docker

# Run only integration tests with Docker
composer test-docker-integration

# Start Weaviate instance for manual testing
composer docker-start

# Stop Weaviate instance
composer docker-stop

# Reset Weaviate data
composer docker-reset

Option 2: Using External Weaviate Instance

# Set environment variables
export WEAVIATE_URL=http://localhost:8080
export WEAVIATE_API_KEY=your-api-key  # Optional

# Run integration tests
composer test-integration

# Run all tests
composer test

Test Coverage

# Run tests with coverage report
composer test-coverage

Code Quality

# Run PHPStan static analysis
composer phpstan

# Check coding standards
composer cs-check

# Fix coding standards
composer cs-fix

Features

Phase 1 (Current)

✅ Core client with multi-tenancy support
✅ Connection layer with authentication
✅ Collections API for basic CRUD operations
✅ Data operations with tenant support
✅ Query builder with comprehensive filtering (Python client v4 compatible)
✅ GraphQL query generation and execution
✅ Advanced filtering with property, ID, and complex filters

Planned Features

Batch operations
Vector operations
Hybrid search
Advanced aggregations

Architecture

The client follows a modular architecture:

WeaviateClient: Main entry point
Connection: HTTP communication layer
Auth: Authentication mechanisms
Collections: Collection management
Data: Object CRUD operations
Schema: Schema management

Contributing

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch
Write tests for your changes
Ensure all tests pass
Submit a pull request

Testing Philosophy

This project follows Test-Driven Development (TDD):

Tests drive the implementation
High test coverage is maintained
Both unit and integration tests are included

Documentation

API Reference

Complete API Documentation - Detailed API reference with examples
Error Handling Guide - Comprehensive error handling and retry strategies
Python Client Migration Guide - For developers familiar with the Python client

Key Features

Three Connection Methods: connectToLocal(), connectToWeaviateCloud(), connectToCustom()
Full Python Client Parity: Same functionality and patterns as the Python client
Multi-Tenancy Support: Built-in support for tenant-specific operations
Type Safety: Full PHPStan level 8 compliance with comprehensive type annotations
Comprehensive Testing: Unit, integration, and mock tests with 200+ assertions
Advanced Error Handling: Complete exception hierarchy with retry mechanisms
Automatic Retries: Exponential backoff for transient failures

Support

For issues and questions, please use the GitHub issue tracker.

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Weaviate PHP Client

License

Requirements

Installation

Examples

Basic Usage

Quick Start with connectToLocal

Schema Management

Advanced Usage with Manual Connection

Multi-Tenancy

Creating Multi-Tenant Collections

Managing Tenants

Tenant Activity Status Management

Working with Tenant Data

Tenant Management Best Practices

Query Operations

Basic Queries

Cross-Reference Management

Adding Cross-References

Managing Cross-References

Cross-Reference Querying

Filtering by Cross-References

Including Cross-References in Results

Aggregation Queries

Basic Aggregations

Property Filtering

Complex Filtering

ID Filtering

Convenience Methods

Multi-Tenant Queries

Configurable Default Fields

Error Handling

Development

Running Tests

Unit Tests (No External Dependencies)

Integration Tests (Requires Weaviate)

Test Coverage

Code Quality

Features

Phase 1 (Current)

Planned Features

Architecture

Contributing

Testing Philosophy

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