Re: Object/relational mappers for PHP?

Propel is a PHP 5 ORM, based on Apache Torque.

http://propel.tigris.org/

Mitch Pirtle wrote:

>Hi gang,
>
>We finally have the underpinnings for database drivers in Joomla 1.5,
>and now are tackling the thorny issue of all those MySQL-specific SQL
>statements littering the core.
>
>One solution of course is to use Christopher Kings-Lynne's(sp?) MySQL
>compatibility goodies, but we are also looking to solve this riddle at
>the application layer so we can support more databases in the future.
>
>We have implemented some basic SQL generating methods in our database
>class (to manage LIMIT and LEFT JOIN differences, for example) but are
>primarily relying on ANSI SQL to get around most issues.
>
>I'd like to know if anyone here is already working on a class to
>generate SQL at the object level, as opposed to (re)inventing your own
>API to generate queries for each database engine.
>
>Anybody else working on something?
>
>--
>Mitch Pirtle
>Joomla! Core Developer
>Open Source Matters
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