DialectORM
Tiny, fast, super-simple but versatile Object-Relational-Mapper (ORM) with Relationships and Object-NoSql-Mapper for PHP, Python, JavaScript

version 2.0.1
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Dependencies:
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Dialect
 
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PHP: 5.3+
 
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Python: 3+
 
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JavaScript: ES7+
 
Supports:
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Relational Datastores: MySql, MariaDB, Postgresql, Sql Server, Sqlite, easily extended to other Relational Stores via adding Dialect configuration
 
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NoSql / Key-Value DataStores: Redis, Mongodb (example in progress), easily extended to other NoSql Stores via providing adapter
 
example (see /test folder)
define('DIR', dirname(__FILE__));
include(DIR.'/../../src/php/DialectORM.php');
include(DIR.'/PDODb.php');
DialectORM::dependencies([
    'Dialect' => DIR.'/Dialect.php',
]);
DialectORM::DBHandler(new PDODb([
    'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=dialectorm',
    'user' => 'dialectorm',
    'password' => 'dialectorm'
], 'mysql'));
class Post extends DialectORM
{
    public static $table = 'posts';
    public static $pk = 'id'; // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
    public static $fields = ['id', 'content'];
    public static $relationships = [
        'meta' => ['hasOne', 'PostMeta', 'post_id'], // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
        'comments' => ['hasMany', 'Comment', 'post_id'], // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
        'authors' => ['belongsToMany', 'User', 'user_id', 'post_id', 'user_post'], // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
    ];
    public function typeId($x)
    {
        return (int)$x;
    }
    public function typeContent($x)
    {
        return (string)$x;
    }
    public function validateContent($x)
    {
        return 0 < strlen($x);
    }
}
class PostMeta extends DialectORM
{
    public static $table = 'postmeta';
    public static $pk = 'id'; // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
    public static $fields = ['id', 'status', 'type', 'post_id'];
    public static $relationships = [
        'post' => ['belongsTo', 'Post', 'post_id'] // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
    ];
    public function typeId($x)
    {
        return (int)$x;
    }
    public function typePostId($x)
    {
        return (int)$x;
    }
    public function typeStatus($x)
    {
        return strtolower((string)$x);
    }
    public function typeType($x)
    {
        return strtolower((string)$x);
    }
    public function validateStatus($x)
    {
        return in_array($x, ['approved', 'published', 'suspended']);
    }
    public function validateType($x)
    {
        return in_array($x, ['article', 'tutorial', 'general']);
    }
}
class Comment extends DialectORM
{
    public static $table = 'comments';
    public static $pk = 'id'; // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
    public static $fields = ['id', 'content', 'post_id'];
    public static $relationships = [
        'post' => ['belongsTo', 'Post', 'post_id'], // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
    ];
    public function typeId($x)
    {
        return (int)$x;
    }
    public function typeContent($x)
    {
        return (string)$x;
    }
    public function typePostId($x)
    {
        return (int)$x;
    }
    public function validateContent($x)
    {
        return 0 < strlen($x);
    }
}
class User extends DialectORM
{
    public static $table = 'users';
    public static $pk = 'id'; // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
    public static $fields = ['id', 'name'];
    public static $relationships = [
        'posts' => ['belongsToMany', 'Post', 'post_id', 'user_id', 'user_post'], // primary and/or foreign keys can also be composite keys, define with an array of keys eg ['k1', 'k2']
    ];
    public function typeId($x)
    {
        return (int)$x;
    }
    public function typeName($x)
    {
        return (string)$x;
    }
    public function validateName($x)
    {
        return 0 < strlen($x);
    }
}
$post = new Post(['content'=>'another post..']);
// alternative
//$post = new Post(); $post->setContent('another post..');
$post->setComments([new Comment(['content'=>'another comment..'])]);
$post->setComments([new Comment(['content'=>'still another comment..'])], ['merge'=>true]);
$post->setAuthors([new User(['name'=>'bar'])], ['merge'=>true]);
// alternative
//$user = new User(['name'=>'bar']);
//$user->save();
//$post->assocAuthors([$user]);
// to simply dissociate from a many-to-many relationship
//$post->dissocAuthors([$user]);
$post->save(['withRelated'=>['comments','authors']]);
//$post->delete(['withRelated'=>true]);
$count = Post::count(['conditions'=>[/../]]);
$posts = Post::fetchAll(['withRelated'=>['comments','authors']]); // eager load of relationships, no N+1 problem
//foreach(Post::fetchAll() as $post) $post->getComments(); // lazy load of relationships, N+1 problem