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denizozsen/a-orm
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Another ORM Library for PHP

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a-orm
=====

[](#a-orm)

Another ORM Library for PHP

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Supports both PDO and Mysqli
- Implements the ActiveRecord pattern
- Very good code completion support (when using an IDE that parses PhpDoc annotations)
- Fluent syntax
- No external dependencies
- Supports PHP versions 5.6 and up
- Coming soon: Repository pattern (possibility to cut out persistence functionality from model classes and work with POPOs)
- Coming soon: generate table from model class, and vice-versa

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

[](#installation)

a-orm is in the early development stage, so you have to install the dev version.

```
$ composer require denizozsen/a-orm:@dev
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46451?v=4)[Deniz Kocak](/maintainers/deniz)[@Deniz](https://github.com/Deniz)

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Top Contributors

[![denizozsen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/736382?v=4)](https://github.com/denizozsen "denizozsen (25 commits)")

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Tags

active-recordactiverecordactiverecord-patterndatabaseormorm-libraryrepository-pattern

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