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cabinet/dbal
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Database Abstraction Layer for PDO

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Since Jun 19Pushed 12y ago10 watchersCompare

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Cabinet Database Package
========================

[](#cabinet-database-package)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b71dcafa129e876447406e037eae323a8a0cfd60d8e72e38bc7dca168966d4d4/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e7472617669732d63692e6f72672f4672656e6b794e65742f436162696e65742e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](http://travis-ci.org/FrenkyNet/Cabinet)

Cabinet is a framework independant Database Abstraction Layer. It's an easy to use and flexible DBAL to drop into your projects.

Goals
-----

[](#goals)

- Make it easy to connect and query a database.
- Support major SQL dialects.
- Be framework independant, and easy to drop into a project without major configuration.

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.4% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/534693?v=4)[Frank de Jonge](/maintainers/frankdejonge)[@frankdejonge](https://github.com/frankdejonge)

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Top Contributors

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