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sandeshshrestha/tiny-orm
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Tiny ORM to map between objects and database queries

1.4(4y ago)122MITPHP

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PHP Tiny ORM
============

[](#php-tiny-orm)

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require sandeshshrestha/tiny-orm
```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

Define few constants.

```
// Define __FILE_STORAGE_PATH__ constant where the FileStorage::save() method saves the file.
define("__FILE_STORAGE_PATH__", __DIR__ . '/uploaded_files/');
// Define __DATABASE_CONFIG__ constant that will be used by Database.php to connect to database
define("__DATABASE_CONFIG__", [
    'type' => 'mysql',
    'host' => 'mysql.example.com',
    'username' => 'db_username',
    'password' => 'db_password',
    'database' => 'db_name',
    'table_prefix' => 'db_table_prefix',
    'port' => 3306
  ]);
```

### Database

[](#database)

Create database tables

```
CREATE TABLE `db_table_prefix_user` (
  `id` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `fullName` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `email` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `created_at` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
  `updated_at` datetime DEFAULT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
use TinyORM\Model;

class User extends Model {
  protected $table = 'user';
  protected $primaryKey = 'id';
  protected $fillable = ["fullName", "email"];
}

$user = new User();
$user->fullName = "John Doe";
$user->email = "johndoe@example.com";
$user->save();

$user2 = User::create([
  'fullName' => "John Doe 2",
  "email" => "johndoe2@example.com",
]);

$foundUser = User::find($user->getPrimaryValue());

$foundUser->delete();

$users = User::where("fullName", "John Doe")->limit(1)->orderBy('id')->exec();
```

### Documentations

[](#documentations)

### Code quality status

[](#code-quality-status)

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###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~260 days

Total

4

Last Release

1602d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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