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dancal/duckdb
=============

A PHP library for communication with DuckDB

0.7.0-alpha.3(2y ago)337MITCPHP ^8.1

Since Jun 7Pushed 2y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/dancal/duckdb-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dancal/duckdb)[ Docs](https://github.com/dancal/duckdb-php)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/kambo)[ RSS](/packages/dancal-duckdb/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced yesterday

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DuckDB PHP library
==================

[](#duckdb-php-library)

changes
-------

[](#changes)

- Merge Pull Request : [kambo-1st#6](https://github.com/kambo-1st/duckdb-php/pull/6)

An unofficial [DuckDB](https://duckdb.org/) communication library for PHP.

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Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require kambo/duckdb kambo/duckdb-php-linux-lib
```

Note: the kambo/duckdb-php-linux-lib package contains a binary library for Linux.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$database = new Kambo\DuckDB\Database();
$connection = new Kambo\DuckDB\Connection($database);

$connection->query('CREATE TABLE integers(i INTEGER, j INTEGER);');
$connection->query('INSERT INTO integers VALUES (3,4), (5,6), (7, NULL) ');

$result = $connection->query('SELECT * FROM integers;');

var_export($result->toArray());
```

Current limitations
-------------------

[](#current-limitations)

- This library is in alpha version.
- It currently only works under Linux (work is ongoing for other platforms).
- It has limited support of DuckDB APIs.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
composer test
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity38

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

750d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2622020?v=4)[won](/maintainers/dancal)[@dancal](https://github.com/dancal)

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Top Contributors

[![dancal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2622020?v=4)](https://github.com/dancal "dancal (9 commits)")[![kambo-1st](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6493048?v=4)](https://github.com/kambo-1st "kambo-1st (3 commits)")

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Tags

duckdbkambo

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