mevdschee/php-crud-api

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A single-file PHP script that automatically exposes a full-featured REST API on top of a MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or SQLite database. It supports OpenAPI/Swagger documentation, middleware (CORS, auth, pagination), and spatial features via PostGIS or MySQL spatial extensions.

Use cases

• expose a mysql database as a rest api
• generate a crud api for postgresql tables
• instant rest api for sqlite without writing backend code
• serve geo from postgis via an api
• add a restful api layer to an existing sql server database
• auto-generate openapi swagger docs for a database api
• prototype a backend api quickly from a database schema

When to choose

• you need a REST API over an existing SQL database with minimal setup
• you want a zero-build, single-file deployable API server in PHP
• you need automatic OpenAPI documentation for database endpoints
• you want spatial/geo support in your API

When to avoid

• you need complex custom business logic beyond CRUD operations
• your stack is not PHP and you prefer a native-language API layer
• you need GraphQL or non-REST protocols
• you require fine-grained per-endpoint control that middleware cannot express

Facets

application · maturity stable

api-framework http-server routing middleware database auth geospatial api-gateway web-development backend apis databases developer-tools php self-hosted cross-platform rest-api crud single-file openapi swagger mysql postgresql sqlserver sqlite postgis geo treeql automatic-api web-server

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