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phore/dba
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Database abstraction layer and ORM

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Phore Dba (DatabaseAbstraction)
===============================

[](#phore-dba-databaseabstraction)

TL;DR;
------

[](#tldr)

Phore-dba is a very simple Object-Relational Mapper for PHP 7.

It will map Objects to Tables using exact the same Names.

- It will work with mysqli, sql, and PDO in gerneral.
- Update only changed properties
- [See sqlite3 example](examples/sqlite-create-table.php)

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

[](#installation)

Install using composer:

```
composer require phore/dba

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

- Create as Entity Class `SomeEntity` and define `__META__` data
- Initialize a Sqlite Connection to `/path/to/sqlite.db3`
- Create a Table `SomeEntity`
- Insert a new Entity for `name: someName` and `company: SomeCompany`
- `query()` all Entities and map them back to Entity using `each(callable $fn)`
- `update()` each entity, then `delete()` it (hm - it's just a demo)

```
class SomeEntity {
    use Entity;
    const __META__ = [ "primaryKey" => "id" ];
    public $id;
    public $name;
    public $company;
}

$odb = PhoreDba::InitDSN("sqlite:/path/to/sqlite.db3");
// Use multi_query() to execute multiple Statements
$odb->multi_query ("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS SomeEntity (
    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    name TEXT,
    company TEXT
);");

$odb->insert(new SomeEntity(["name"=>"someName", "company"=>"SomeCompany"]));

$odb->query("SELECT * FROM SomeEntity WHERE name=?", ["UnescapedValue"])->each(
    function (array $row) use ($odb) {
        print_r ($entity = SomeEntity::Load($row["id"]);
        $entity->name = "MyNewName";
        $odb->update($entity);
        $odb->delete($entity);
    }
);
```

Loading from Database
---------------------

[](#loading-from-database)

```
$entity = $odb->load(SomeEntity::class, 103878);
```

or - with object casting (IDE Code-Completion):

```
$entity = SomeEntity::Load(103878);
```

Working with entities
---------------------

[](#working-with-entities)

Entities must be loaded calling the `load()` method, so the framework can track changes. You should use `query()` only to retrieve Id's and load the entities afterwards.

### Changed fields

[](#changed-fields)

```
$entity = SomeEntity::Load(1234); // Shortcut
$entity->name = "new Name";
assert ($enetity->isChanged("name") === true)
```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**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

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