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selective/database
==================

SQL query builder

3.2.0(3y ago)2396.1k4MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Aug 15Pushed 3y ago2 watchersCompare

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Database
========

[](#database)

A fluent SQL query builder.

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Features
--------

[](#features)

- Fluent SQL query builder
- Table schema information and manipulation

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require selective/database

```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.0+
- MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

The database query builder provides a convenient, fluent interface for creating and executing database queries. It can be used to perform most database operations in your PHP website and application.

For more details how to build queries please read the **[documentation](https://selective-php.github.io/database/)**.

Similar libraries
-----------------

[](#similar-libraries)

- [cycle/database](https://cycle-orm.dev/docs/query-builder-basic)
- [cakephp/database](https://github.com/cakephp/database)
- [laminas/laminas-db](https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-db/)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 99.6% 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 ~87 days

Recently: every ~307 days

Total

23

Last Release

1269d ago

Major Versions

0.5.0 → 1.0.02018-02-10

1.x-dev → 2.0.02019-07-18

2.0.0 → 3.0.02020-05-11

PHP version history (4 changes)1.2.2PHP >=7.1

3.0.0PHP >=7.2

3.1.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

3.2.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/89d408d7f6ed65cdbeba70a2da2d0a8a1135fc37ebc07c44989f509221cc91bd?d=identicon)[odan](/maintainers/odan)

---

Top Contributors

[![odan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/781074?v=4)](https://github.com/odan "odan (281 commits)")[![peter279k](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9021747?v=4)](https://github.com/peter279k "peter279k (1 commits)")

---

Tags

hacktoberfestmysqlpdophpquery-buildersqlsql-query-builderdatabasemysqlsqlquerybuilder

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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