PHP Persistence: Concepts, Techniques and Practical Solutions with Doctrine

by Michael Romer

Overview

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 you’ll 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484225585
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	12/20/2016
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	111
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

About the Author

Michael Romer manages agile software development projects and teams using Scrum and Kanban. He helps web startups with their products and technology and codes web applications, mostly with PHP, Zend Framework and Doctrine. He formerly worked for eBay.

Table of Contents

1. About this book.- 2. Introduction.- 3. A self-made ORM.- 4. Hello, Doctrine 2!.- 5. Defining entities.- 6. References between Entities.- 7. Managing Entities.- 8. Doctrine Query Language.- 9. Command line tools.- 10. Caching.- 11. Advanced Topics.