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mheinzerling/entity
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Simple ORM

3.0.0(9y ago)030MITPHPPHP ^7.1.0

Since Nov 2Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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\#mheinzerling/entity

Simple ORM

\##Composer "require": { "mheinzerling/entity": "^3.0.1" },

\##Types

```
Integer     -> INT (length)
String
 length VARCHAR
            -> TEXT
\DateTime   -> DATETIME
Boolean     -> INT (1)
Entity      -> INT(11)

optional    -> NULL vs NOT NULL
auto        -> AUTO_INCREMENT
primary     -> default

```

\##Example

See `resources/tests/entities.json` and `build.xml gen`. The parser will tell you invalid configurations.

\##Changelog

### 3.0.0

[](#300)

- update to PHP 7.1

### 2.0.0

[](#200)

- update to PHP 7
- update enumeration library and symphony console
- !!! PDO toObject seems to change in 7.1; Test broken !!!

### 1.2.0

[](#120)

- update dependencies
- add foreign keys

### 1.1.0

[](#110)

- improve enums
- add double
- improve datetime mapping

### 1.0.0

[](#100)

initial version

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~12 days

Total

6

Last Release

3466d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.02016-11-04

2.0.1 → 3.0.02017-01-01

PHP version history (3 changes)2.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

2.0.1PHP ^7.0.0

3.0.0PHP ^7.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2889071?v=4)[mheinzerling](/maintainers/mheinzerling)[@mheinzerling](https://github.com/mheinzerling)

---

Top Contributors

[![mheinzerling](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2889071?v=4)](https://github.com/mheinzerling "mheinzerling (46 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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