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Woohoo Labs. Larva Database Abstraction

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Woohoo Labs. Larva
==================

[](#woohoo-labs-larva)

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**Woohoo Labs. Larva is an efficient and minimal database abstraction library.**

Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Introduction](#introduction)
- [Install](#install)
- [Basic Usage](#basic-usage)
- [Advanced Usage](#advanced-usage)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Versioning](#versioning)
- [Change Log](#change-log)
- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Support](#support)
- [Credits](#credits)
- [License](#license)

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Install
-------

[](#install)

The steps of this process are quite straightforward. The only thing you need is [Composer](https://getcomposer.org).

#### Add Larva to your composer.json:

[](#add-larva-to-your-composerjson)

To install this library, run the command below and you will get the latest version:

```
$ composer require woohoolabs/larva
```

> Note: The tests and examples won't be downloaded by default. You have to use `composer require woohoolabs/larva --prefer-source`or clone the repository if you need them.

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

Advanced Usage
--------------

[](#advanced-usage)

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

Have a look at the [examples directory](https://github.com/woohoolabs/larva/blob/master/examples/) for a really basic example. Don't forget to run `composer install` first in Larva's root directory if you want to try it out!

Versioning
----------

[](#versioning)

This library follows [SemVer v2.0.0](https://semver.org/).

Change Log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Larva has a PHPUnit test suite. To run the tests, run the following command from the project folder:

```
$ phpunit
```

Additionally, you may run `docker-compose up` or `make test` to execute the tests.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

Support
-------

[](#support)

Please see [SUPPORT](SUPPORT.md) for details.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Máté Kocsis](https://github.com/kocsismate)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

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

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance54

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

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 ~124 days

Recently: every ~137 days

Total

11

Last Release

2147d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.0.0

0.5.0PHP ^7.1.0

0.7.0PHP ^7.4.0

0.7.3PHP ^7.4.0||^8.0.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b84c2c00735d2c7408e53566b0a622d39998be610bc02856e1b887d40f7a8024?d=identicon)[woohoolabs](/maintainers/woohoolabs)

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Top Contributors

[![kocsismate](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6057627?v=4)](https://github.com/kocsismate "kocsismate (159 commits)")

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Tags

database-abstractionmysqlphpquery-builderdatabase abstractionquery builderWoohoo Labs.Larva

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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