FlightPHP Active Record

An active record is mapping a database entity to a PHP object. Spoken plainly, if you have a users table in your database, you can "translate" a row in that table to a User class and a $user object in your codebase. See basic example.

Installation

Simply install with Composer

composer require flightphp/active-record 

Basic Example

Let's assume you have the following table:

CREATE TABLE users (
  id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, 
  name TEXT, 
  password TEXT 
);

Now you can setup a new class to represent this table:

/**
 * An ActiveRecord class is usually singular
 * 
 * It's highly recommended to add the properties of the table as comments here
 *
 * @property int    $id
 * @property string $name
 * @property string $password
 */ 
class User extends flight\ActiveRecord {
  public function __construct($databaseConnection)
  {
    parent::__construct($databaseConnection, 'users', [/* custom values */]);
  }
}

Now watch the magic happen!

// for sqlite
$database_connection = new PDO('sqlite:test.db'); // this is just for example, you'd probably use a real database connection

// for mysql
$database_connection = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test_db&charset=utf8bm4', 'username', 'password');

// or mysqli
$database_connection = new mysqli('localhost', 'username', 'password', 'test_db');
// or mysqli with non-object based creation
$database_connection = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'username', 'password', 'test_db');

$user = new User($database_connection);
$user->name = 'Bobby Tables';
$user->password = password_hash('some cool password');
$user->insert();
// or $user->save();

echo $user->id; // 1

$user->name = 'Joseph Mamma';
$user->password = password_hash('some cool password again!!!');
$user->insert();

echo $user->id; // 2

And it was just that easy to add a new user! Now that there is a user row in the database, how do you pull it out?

$user->find(1); // find id = 1 in the database and return it.
echo $user->name; // 'Bobby Tables'

And what if you want to find all the users?

$users = $user->findAll();

What about with a certain condition?

$users = $user->like('name', '%mamma%')->findAll();

See how much fun this is? Let's install it and get started!

Aggregate Queries

// Count rows with conditions
$user->count();
$user->eq('status', 'active')->count();

// Check if any rows match
$user->eq('name', 'Bobby')->exists(); // true

Scalar Extraction

// Get flat array of values from a single column
$user->pluck('name'); // ['Bobby', 'Joseph', ...]

// Get primary keys
$user->ids(); // [1, 2, ...]

Convenient Finders

// Get first/last record (ordered by primary key)
$user->first();
$user->last();

// Update a single attribute on a loaded record
$loadedUser = $user->find(1);
$loadedUser->updateAttribute('name', 'New Name');

Distinct

$user->distinct()->pluck('status'); // ['active', 'inactive', ...]

Batch Operations

// Update multiple rows
$user->eq('status', 'inactive')->updateAll(['status' => 'active']);

// Delete multiple rows (use with caution!)
$user->eq('status', 'deleted')->deleteAll();

Timestamps

Automatically set created_at and updated_at columns:

class User extends ActiveRecord
{
    protected bool $timestamps = true;

    public function __construct($databaseConnection)
    {
        parent::__construct($databaseConnection, 'users');
    }
}

Scopes

Define reusable query chains as methods:

class User extends ActiveRecord
{
    public function active(): self
    {
        return $this->eq('status', 'active');
    }

    public function recent(int $days = 7): self
    {
        return $this->ge('created_at', date('Y-m-d', strtotime("-{$days} days")));
    }
}

// Usage
$users = (new User($db))->active()->findAll();
$recent = (new User($db))->active()->recent(30)->findAll();

Transactions

Wrap multiple operations in a transaction:

$user->transaction(function ($model) {
    $model->insert();
    // Automatically commits on success, rolls back on exception
});

Documentation

Head over to the documentation page to learn more about usage and how cool this thing is! :)

License

MIT