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packaged/dal
============

Data Access Layer

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Data Access Layer
=================

[](#data-access-layer)

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Getting Started
===============

[](#getting-started)

```
$connectionConfig = new \Packaged\Config\Provider\Ini\IniConfigProvider(
  build_path('config', 'connections.ini')
);
$datastoreConfig  = new \Packaged\Config\Provider\Ini\IniConfigProvider(
  build_path('config', 'datastores.ini')
);

$resolver = new \Packaged\Dal\DalResolver($connectionConfig,$datastoreConfig);
$resolver->boot();

```

connections.ini

```
[users]
construct_class = \Packaged\Dal\Ql\PdoConnection

```

datastores.ini

```
[users]
construct_class = \Packaged\Dal\Ql\QlDataStore
connection = users

```

users.php

```
class User extends QlDao
{
  protected $_dataStoreName = 'users';
  public $id;
  public $name;
}

```

Basic Usage

```
$user       = new User();
$user->name = 'Test';
$user->save();

$user->name = 'Testing';
$user->save();

$user->delete();

$user     = new User();
$user->id = 4;
$user->load();

$tbUsers = User::collection(['name' => ['Test','Testing']]);
foreach($tbUsers as $user)
{
echo "Located $user->name\n";
}

$users = User::collection();
var_dump($users->min('id'));
var_dump($users->max('id'));
var_dump($users->sum('id'));
var_dump($users->avg('id'));

var_dump_json($users->distinct('name'));

```

FYI
===

[](#fyi)

DAO = Data Access Object

SQL Translation
===============

[](#sql-translation)

**IDao** A Single Row within the database

**IDataStore** The Table within the database

**IDataConection** The connection to the database server e.g. PDO

###  Health Score

59

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance82

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity34

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity86

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50.8% 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 ~30 days

Recently: every ~243 days

Total

136

Last Release

68d ago

Major Versions

0.23.5 → 1.0.02017-07-18

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.6.0

1.9.6PHP >=7.1

1.16.0PHP >=7.2

1.18.0PHP ^7.2||^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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