returns garbage when querying multiple rows

[rvwoens]

hi,
I'm trying this lib with cassandra 2.1.1 Maybe there is a cql protocol change, because I can't get a simple query that returns multiple rows to return the correct data. Maybe the NULL value is a problem?

in cqlsh:

cqlsh:testkeyspace> insert into animals(name,species,genus,family) values('pippi','dog', 'male','tiger');  
cqlsh:testkeyspace> insert into animals(name,species,genus,family) values('pippi2','dog', 'male','tiger');
cqlsh:testkeyspace> select * from animals;

 name   | family | genus | species | subspieces
--------+--------+-------+---------+------------
  pippi |  tiger |  male |     dog |       null
 pippi2 |  tiger |  male |     dog |       null

In php:

        $database = new evseevnn\Cassandra\Database($nodes, 'testkeyspace');
        $database->connect();
        $user2 = $database->query('SELECT * FROM animals ');
        var_dump($user2);

result:

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  array(5) {
    ["name"]=>
    string(5) "pippi"
    ["family"]=>
    string(5) "tiger"
    ["genus"]=>
    string(4) "male"
    ["species"]=>
    string(3) "dog"
    ["subspieces"]=>
    string(37) "�pippi2�tiger�male�dog���"
  }
  [1]=>
  array(5) {
    ["name"]=>
    NULL
    ["family"]=>
    NULL
    ["genus"]=>
    NULL
    ["species"]=>
    NULL
    ["subspieces"]=>
    NULL
  }
}

[LarsFronius]

I am investigating right now and it is definitely caused by null value types that are not handled correctly at the moment.

[rvwoens]

for your information, I switched to the duoshuo/php-cassandra library now. It is also using native socket communication on CQL 3 level, but it seems a bit more mature now. It also supports async calls.

[LarsFronius]

@rvwoens Have fun using collections then, they are definitely broken in the duoshuo one. We fixed the null value issue in https://github.com/eyeem/php-cassandra-binary already and the PR is just a matter of writing tests first. I think we also have better timeout handling and in general have tests to avoid breaking features in the future. Anyway, it's your decision, just my 2 cents on the different libraries and what I discovered so far. Maybe you want to rethink your decision :)

[CBox]

What do I need to put in composer.json to get this version?
https://github.com/eyeem/php-cassandra-binary

I've get the fixed files manually by getting update these files (BinaryData.php, DataStream.php) and the null values as been fixed but I want it to be in the composer, I've try:
"eyeem/php-cassandra-binary" : "dev-master"

Thanks!

[LexLythius]

@LarsFronius @rvwoens May this incompatible change in PHP 5.5.0's unpack function explain the bug?

[LexLythius]

@CBox Please open a new issue for your problem/question. This one is about a bug on query return values, not composer dependency fixing.