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hatwebtech/dal
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hat dal (database abstraction layer) for PHP 5.3+

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Description
-----------

[](#description)

**dal** is data abstraction library written in PHP. It's lightweight (half a dozen classes) and fast. It is inspired by Doctrine

```
//example
$q = \hatwebtech\dal\DAL::query()
        ->select('u.id, u.name')
        ->from('User u')
        ->where('u.id =?', 7)
;
```

dal works with PHP 5.3 or later.

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

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install HATwebtech DAL is through Composer. Just create a `composer.json` file and run the `php composer.phar install` command to install it:

```
    {
        "require": {
            "hatwebtech/dal": "dev-master"
        }
    }
```

Information
-----------

[](#information)

### Init

[](#init)

```
$dsn = 'pgsql:dbname=example_db;host=127.0.0.1';

$dbh = new PDO($dsn', 'postgres', 'pass123');

\hatwebtech\dal\DAL::setDbh($dbh);
\hatwebtech\dal\DAL::setTablePath(APPPATH . 'tables/');
\hatwebtech\dal\DAL::setTableNamespace('\\dal_test\\tables\\');
```

### DAL query

[](#dal-query)

coming soon...

### Known Issues

[](#known-issues)

If you discover any bugs, feel free to create an issue on GitHub fork and send us a pull request.

- only Postgres DB is supported for now, MySQL coming soon
- implement groupBy() in Hat Dal Query class.
- implement having() in Hat Dal Query class.
- implement innerJoin() in Hat Dal Query class.
- implement validators (date, string leingth...).
- reduce memory footprint

[Issues List](https://github.com/hatwebtech/dal/issues).

Authors
-------

[](#authors)

- Panajotis Zamos ()

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Create new Pull Request

License
-------

[](#license)

Apache 2.0

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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

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Top Contributors

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