cycle/orm

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Cycle ORM is a PHP DataMapper ORM and data modelling engine with a powerful query builder and dynamic mapping schema. It is designed to work safely in both classic and long-running (daemonized) PHP applications such as RoadRunner.

Use cases

• map PHP objects to database tables in a PHP application
• build type-safe database queries with a query builder
• model has-one, has-many, many-to-many and polymorphic relations
• run an ORM inside long-running PHP workers like RoadRunner
• manage database schema, migrations and introspection
• implement repositories and unit-of-work persistence patterns
• support multiple databases like MySQL, Postgres, SQLServer and SQLite

When to choose

• you need a DataMapper-style ORM in PHP with plain old PHP objects
• your app runs in long-lived processes and needs an immutable, disposable-UoW ORM core
• you want flexible schema definition with or without annotations/attributes and code generation
• you need polymorphic relations, single table inheritance, or cyclic graph persistence
• you use the Spiral framework or RoadRunner stack

When to avoid

• you prefer Laravel Eloquent's Active Record style and tight Laravel integration
• you need a mature ecosystem with as many third-party extensions as Doctrine
• your project is a small script where a lightweight query builder or raw PDO suffices
• you rely on DBMS-specific features beyond Cycle's unified DBAL abstraction

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