Reference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Bigtable Client class ValueFilter.
A builder used to configure value based filters.
Example:
use Google\Cloud\Bigtable\Filter;
$builder = Filter::value();
Namespace
Google \ Cloud \ Bigtable \ Filter \ Builder
Methods
regex
Matches only cells with values that satisfy the givenRE2 regex. Note that, since
cell values can contain arbitrary bytes, the\Cescape sequence must be
used if a true wildcard is desired. The.character will not match the
new line character\n, which may be present in a binary value.
Example:
$valueFilter = $builder->regex('prefix.*');
Parameter
Name
Description
value
string
A regex value.
Returns
Type
Description
Google\Cloud\Bigtable\Filter\SimpleFilter
exactMatch
Matches only cells with values that match the given value.
Example:
$valueFilter = $builder->exactMatch('value1');
Parameter
Name
Description
value
array|string
An exact value to match.
Returns
Type
Description
Google\Cloud\Bigtable\Filter\SimpleFilter
range
Returns a builder used to configure value range filters.
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