title: phpredis with Redis to go
body: <p>I got a problem similar to this one:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4918569/connecting-to-redis-to-go-with-php">Connecting to Redis To Go with PHP</a></p>
  
  <p>Basically, I have this uri in redis to go:</p>
  
  <p>redis://myusername:foopassword@herring.redistogo.com:9998</p>
  
  <p>and I am trying to connect to it using phpredis:</p>
  
  <p>$r->connect("redis://myusername:foopassword@herring.redistogo.com:9998/");</p>
  
  <p>And it's not working. In that other answer it is suggested to use predis, but I just don't want to. I should be free to use whatever client I want.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance</p>