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harrygulliford/laravel-firebird
===============================

Firebird database driver for the Laravel Framework

v3.3.0(1y ago)77146.0k↓12.2%43[3 issues](https://github.com/harrygulliford/laravel-firebird/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/harrygulliford/laravel-firebird/pulls)2MITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0CI failing

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Firebird for Laravel
====================

[](#firebird-for-laravel)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fc6606068929e64e0a8d026e15d1fde2d0d3eed030ead35f513f798d88417428/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f686172727967756c6c69666f72642f6c61726176656c2d66697265626972642f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/harrygulliford/laravel-firebird)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/738cf074ec5225ce42951d8d9ccffd26be77248fd7b02454b796efeae34f95a0/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f686172727967756c6c69666f72642f6c61726176656c2d66697265626972642f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/harrygulliford/laravel-firebird)[![Tests](https://github.com/harrygulliford/laravel-firebird/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/harrygulliford/laravel-firebird/actions/workflows/tests.yml)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/399ea394f7721f26cda9159bde33d3fdc6885235cc93cdb530ce409d80b7698e/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f686172727967756c6c69666f72642f6c61726176656c2d66697265626972642f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/harrygulliford/laravel-firebird)

This package adds support for the Firebird PDO Database Driver in Laravel applications.

Version Support
---------------

[](#version-support)

- **PHP:** 8.2+
- **Laravel:** 12, 13
- **Firebird:** 4, 5

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require harrygulliford/laravel-firebird
```

*The package will automatically register itself.*

Declare the connection within your `config/database.php` file by using `firebird` as the driver:

```
'connections' => [

    'firebird' => [
        'driver'   => 'firebird',
        'host'     => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
        'port'     => env('DB_PORT', '3050'),
        'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', '/path_to/database.fdb'),
        'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'sysdba'),
        'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'masterkey'),
        'charset'  => env('DB_CHARSET', 'UTF8'),
        'role'     => null,
    ],

],
```

Limitations
-----------

[](#limitations)

This package does not intend to support database migrations and it should not be used for this use case.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Harry Gulliford](https://github.com/harrygulliford)
- [Jacques van Zuydam](https://github.com/jacquestvanzuydam/laravel-firebird)
- [Simonov Denis](https://github.com/sim1984/laravel-firebird)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/harrygulliford/laravel-firebird/graphs/contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

Licensed under the [MIT](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/) license.

###  Health Score

56

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance56

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity49

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community28

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 86.2% 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 ~106 days

Recently: every ~276 days

Total

25

Last Release

143d ago

Major Versions

v0.1.4 → v1.0.02019-09-05

v1.0.2 → v2.0.02019-11-29

2.x-dev → v3.0.0-beta.02021-10-26

v3.3.0 → v4.0.0-beta.02026-03-29

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP &gt;=7.1

v3.0.0-beta.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

v4.0.0-beta.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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