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orkestra/common
===============

Provides common functionality useful for Doctrine 2 based projects

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Orkestra Common
===============

[](#orkestra-common)

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Provides useful functionality for any Doctrine 2 based project including:

- Transparent user/server timezone conversion
- Encrypted string fields
- Enumerations

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

[](#installation)

The easiest way to add orkestra-common to your project is using composer.

Add orkestra-common to your `composer.json` file:

```
{
    "require": {
        "orkestra/common": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

Then run `composer install` or `composer update`.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

Each feature provided by common requires a bit of set up.

### Dates and Times

[](#dates-and-times)

Orkestra's custom DateTime implementation allows for easier conversion between server and user time, without the need for a full-blown localization or internationalization implementation.

```
# /path/to/your/bootstrap.php