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RedBeanPHP is an easy to use ORM tool that stores beans directly in the database and creates all tables and columns required on the fly. On the other hand it allows plain SQL to search the database. In fact RedBean is some sort of combination between document oriented database tools like mongoDB or couchDB and traditional relational database systems like MySQL. It offers the best of both worlds: SQL and no-SQL. You work with no-SQL if you interact with objects will you simply turn the switch and work with SQL if you want to do some typical database tasks like searching or quickly grabbing something out of the data store with specially crafted SQL. RedBean also has excellent performance because it can freeze the database schema which means it no longer scans schemas.

Databases Supported

RedBean supports MySQL (InnoDB), PostgreSQL, SQLite3, CUBRID and Oracle.

Quick Example

How we store a book object with RedBean:

$book = R::dispense("book");
$book->author = "Santa Claus";
$book->title = "Secrets of Christmas";
$id = R::store( $book );

Yep, it's that simple.

Install with Composer

You can use RedBeanPHP with Composer.

Create composer.json in project root:

{
  "require": {
    "gabordemooij/redbean": "dev-master"
  }
}

Install via composer:

php composer.phar install

Autoloading:

require 'vendor/autoload.php';
use RedBean_Facade as R;

More information

For more information about RedBeanPHP please consult the RedBeanPHP online manual at:

http://www.redbeanphp.com/