Connecting to Redis To Go with PHP

Question

I am a newbie with Redis...I just recently picked up Redisent to work with Redis in PHP...and I am having tons of fun! However, I signed up for the Redis to go service, and

Answer 1

predis is the prefered library(active development => 6 Januari 2011) to use.

redis://$x:$y@$z

Then you need the following code to get it working(I tested it):

auth($y);
$redis->incr('counter');
echo $redis->get('counter');
echo "\n";

The strange thing is $x. It is not needed at all?