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dashifen/database
=================

A wrapper around the extended PDO object from Aura/SQL using the interface that Dash prefers.

1.4.1(6y ago)09[1 PRs](https://github.com/dashifen/database/pulls)2MITPHPPHP 7.3.\*

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Dashifen's Database
===================

[](#dashifens-database)

For years, Dash has used a very particular interface when working with databases of various types. This library creates that interface for his use in a way that can be more easily included into other projects using composer.

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~44 days

Recently: every ~93 days

Total

19

Last Release

2530d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.4PHP ^7.1

1.4.1PHP 7.3.\*

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8269?v=4)[David Dashifen Kees](/maintainers/dashifen)[@dashifen](https://github.com/dashifen)

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Top Contributors

[![dashifen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8269?v=4)](https://github.com/dashifen "dashifen (33 commits)")

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Tags

databasepdoauraauraphp

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