illuminate/database

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Illuminate Database is the database toolkit extracted from the Laravel framework, providing an expressive query builder, the Eloquent ActiveRecord-style ORM, and a schema builder. It supports MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, and SQLite and can be used standalone via its Capsule manager.

Use cases

• use eloquent orm outside laravel
• build sql queries with a fluent query builder in php
• manage database schema migrations programmatically
• connect php app to mysql postgres sqlite or sql server
• add activerecord-style models to a non-laravel project

When to choose

• you want Laravel's Eloquent ORM or query builder in a standalone PHP project
• you need a mature, well-documented database abstraction with schema builder support
• you are building a Laravel application or package

When to avoid

• you prefer a lightweight data-mapper ORM like Doctrine
• you need raw performance without abstraction layers
• your project is not PHP

Facets

library · maturity stable

orm database database-driver databases web-development backend developer-tools php cross-platform eloquent query-builder schema-builder laravel activerecord mysql postgres sqlite sql-server

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