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MetaModel
=========

[](#metamodel)

Meta is a **DSL** that enables to represent, traverse and operate on PHP objects.

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Syntax
------

[](#syntax)

- Get a specific object by its ID:

```
Article(1)
```

MetaModel integrates with **Doctrine**, but can be connected to anything.

- Get all objects of a type

```
Article(*)
```

- Object graph traversing (get all the articles of a category):

```
Category(1).articles
```

- Call methods:

```
// Will call generateExtract() on all articles
Article(*).generateExtract()
```

- Field filtering (not implemented yet):

```
Article[author="bob"]
```

Operators:

```
UserGroup[ users.contains(User(1)) ]
UserGroup[ users.count() > 0 ]
```

- Service:

```
CacheService.flush()
```

MetaModel integrates with containers, registries, anything…

Integration
-----------

[](#integration)

MetaModel finds objects in data sources. You can add any data source by implementing the simple interfaces: `ObjectManager` or `Container`.

Some libraries are already supported natively:

- **Doctrine**'s Entity Manager: `MetaModel\Bridge\Doctrine\EntityManagerBridge`

    ```
    $metaModel = new MetaModel();
    $metaModel->addObjectManager(new EntityManagerBridge($entityManager));
    ```
- [**PHP-DI**](https://github.com/mnapoli/PHP-DI) container: `MetaModel\Bridge\PHPDI\PHPDIBridge`

    ```
    $metaModel = new MetaModel();
    $metaModel->addContainer(new PHPDIBridge($container));
    ```

Add your own by submitting a pull request.

Usages
------

[](#usages)

Those are both ideas and work in progress.

- **MetaConsole**: [Simplified Model/DB manipulation from console](https://github.com/mnapoli/MetaConsole)

Instead of using phpMyAdmin, or building an admin interface, you can manipulate the DB with high level object queries.

- Advanced replacement for [PropertyAccess](https://github.com/symfony/PropertyAccess), e.g. to build forms, templates (Twig?)
- Simplified object queries (from database)
- Paths for anything meta on your model: logs, AOP, ACL (e.g. "`User(1)` can edit `Category(12).articles`")

Projects using MetaModel:

- [MetaConsole](https://github.com/mnapoli/MetaConsole)
- [Xport](https://github.com/myclabs/Xport)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4680d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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