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daydiff/simple-db
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A simple database class using PDO under the hood

v1.0.0(9y ago)017MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jul 26Pushed 9y agoCompare

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A simple Db class - a high level wrapper on PDO
===============================================

[](#a-simple-db-class---a-high-level-wrapper-on-pdo)

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It's a very simple but handy and high level database wrapper on PDO. Usefull for small scripts and for systems without "normal" database abstraction.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Recommended way

```
$ composer require daydiff/simple-db
```

Alternate way

```
$ git clone https://github.com/daydiff/simple_db
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

It's very simple like a class itself

```
use Daydiff\SimpleDb\Db;

$dsn = 'mysql:dbname=great_company;host=localhost';
$user = 'database_user';
$password = 'database_password';

$db = new Db($dsn, $user, $password);
$name = $db->scalar('SELECT name FROM user WHERE id = :id', [':id' => 1]);
```

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3580d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![daydiff](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2212845?v=4)](https://github.com/daydiff "daydiff (25 commits)")

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Tags

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