Take the pain out of dealing with relational databases in an object-oriented programming world. With this short book, you can save time and money by simply coding less while accomplishing more with the Doctrine persistence framework, a leading persistence solution for PHP programmers and web developers. PHP Persistence teaches you about PHP persistence and how to use it effectively for your database-driven applications.
Bestselling author Michael Romer leverages his own vast experience to show you what you need to know about Doctrine 2 and how to use it in your own projects. Along the way youll learn about powerful persistence techniques, such as object-relational mapping (ORM) in PHP.
What You'll Learn
- Define entities and references between entities
- Manage entities
- Master the Doctrine Query Language
- Use appropriate command-line tools for PHP persistence
- Program for caching
Who This Book Is For
Experienced PHP programmers and web developers with some exposure to PHP.
1 About this book
1.1 Software version
1.2 Database system
1.3 Code downloads
1.4 Conventions used in this book
1.5 An important notice for Amazon customers
2 Introduction
2.1 Object oriented programming (OOP) & the Domain Model