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gurubob/db
==========

PDO based DB helper library.

v1.0.4(6y ago)0131WTFPLPHPPHP >=5.6

Since Jan 23Pushed 10mo ago1 watchersCompare

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db
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[](#db)

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance39

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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

Every ~3 days

Total

5

Last Release

2293d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ebb3ee88e5c3d728042e5ba8eb2fae29e1ae29bbf21fb1a9f010e235af4ed7c0?d=identicon)[gurubob](/maintainers/gurubob)

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Top Contributors

[![gurubobnz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2483482?v=4)](https://github.com/gurubobnz "gurubobnz (8 commits)")

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Tags

mysqlpdo

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