DynamoDB Cookbook

Getting multiple items using the AWS SDK for PHP

Let's understand how to get multiple items from the DynamoDB table using the AWS SDK for PHP.

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How to do it…

Let's try to understand how to get multiple stored items from the DynamoDB table using PHP:

1. Create an instance of the DynamoDB client and initialize it with the desired AWS region and credentials:

   $client = DynamoDbClient::factory(array(
       'profile' => 'default',
       'region' => 'us-east-1' 
   ));

2. Create the batchGetItem request and provide the primary keys of items to be fetched:

   $response = $client->batchGetItem(array( "RequestItems" => array( "Reply" => array( "Keys" => array( array( "id" => array( 'N' => "10"), "type" => array( ...