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zi/zquery
=========

Focused fluent SQL query builder for PHP 8.2+

0.2.0-alpha(2mo ago)13↓90%proprietaryPHPPHP ^8.2

Since Mar 24Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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ZQuery
======

[](#zquery)

ZQuery is a focused fluent SQL query builder for PHP 8.2+.

It gives you a lightweight database layer with:

- fluent `select`, `insert`, `update`, and `delete` queries
- PDO and MySQLi support
- MySQL and PostgreSQL grammar support
- transaction helpers
- SQL compilation helpers for testing and debugging

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require zi/zquery
```

Quick Start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

```
use ZQuery\ZQuery;
use ZQuery\Query\Grammar\MysqlGrammar;

$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=127.0.0.1;dbname=app', 'user', 'pass', [
    PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
]);

$zq = new ZQuery([
    'engine' => 'pdo',
    'pdo' => $pdo,
    'grammar' => new MysqlGrammar(),
]);

$users = $zq->table('users')
    ->select(['id', 'email'])
    ->where('status', '=', 'active')
    ->latest('created_at')
    ->limit(10)
    ->get();
```

Returns:

```
[
    ['id' => 42, 'email' => 'ada@example.com'],
    ['id' => 41, 'email' => 'grace@example.com'],
]
```

Common Helpers
--------------

[](#common-helpers)

```
$user = $zq->table('users')
    ->where('email', '=', 'a@example.com')
    ->first();

$activeCount = $zq->table('users')
    ->where('status', '=', 'active')
    ->count();

$emails = $zq->table('users')
    ->where('status', '=', 'active')
    ->pluck('email');
```

Returns:

```
$user = ['id' => 7, 'email' => 'a@example.com', 'status' => 'active'];
$activeCount = 24;
$emails = ['a@example.com', 'b@example.com', 'c@example.com'];
```

SQL Compilation
---------------

[](#sql-compilation)

```
$compiled = $zq->table('users')
    ->where('users.status', '=', 'active')
    ->latest('users.created_at')
    ->limit(10)
    ->compileSelect();
```

Returns:

```
[
    'sql' => 'SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `users`.`status` = ? ORDER BY `users`.`created_at` DESC LIMIT 10',
    'params' => ['active'],
]
```

Transactions
------------

[](#transactions)

```
$zq->transaction(function () {
    $this->table('users')
        ->where('id', '=', 10)
        ->update(['status' => 'disabled'])
        ->executeUpdate();

    $this->statement(
        'INSERT INTO audit_logs (action, user_id) VALUES (?, ?)',
        ['user.disabled', 10]
    );
});
```

More Docs
---------

[](#more-docs)

See [USAGE.md](USAGE.md) for the extended usage guide with more examples and result shapes.

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity35

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~3 days

Total

4

Last Release

82d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9bb8c5ae13860664ea0bfc8f9594358ef6ee74fe76e3256d6d030b8b62e1f3b7?d=identicon)[CollinsFabian](/maintainers/CollinsFabian)

---

Top Contributors

[![CollinsFabian](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/132139134?v=4)](https://github.com/CollinsFabian "CollinsFabian (15 commits)")

---

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