Deprecate the whole Predis\Helpers class.

lib/Predis/CommunicationException.php

@@ -54,4 +54,23 @@ abstract class CommunicationException extends PredisException
     {
         return true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Offers a generic and reusable method to handle exceptions generated by
+     * a connection object.
+     *
+     * @param CommunicationException $exception Exception.
+     */
+    public static function handle(CommunicationException $exception)
+    {
+        if ($exception->shouldResetConnection()) {
+            $connection = $exception->getConnection();
+
+            if ($connection->isConnected()) {
+                $connection->disconnect();
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw $exception;
+    }
 }