davidlienhard/database

🐘 php library for easy access to databases

3.1.0 2026-03-03 20:27 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.4
• ext-mysqli: ^8.4
• davidlienhard/functioncaller: ^1

Requires (Dev)

• davidlienhard/coding-standard: ^1
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2
• phpunit/phpunit: ^12
• squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^3

MIT

• David Lienhard

• database
• php
• library
• mysql

README

🐘 php library for easy access to databases

Setup

You can install through composer with:

composer require davidlienhard/database:^3

Note: davidlienhard/database requires PHP 8.4

Examples

Connect to the Database-Server

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use DavidLienhard\Database\Exceptions\Exception as DatabaseException;
use DavidLienhard\Database\Mysqli;

try {
    $db = new Mysqli;
    $db->connect("hostname", "username", "password", "dbname");
} catch (DatabaseException $e) {
    echo "unable to connect to the database host";
    exit(1);
}

Fetch Results as Objects (Recommended)

Fetching Multiple Rows as Objects

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use DavidLienhard\Database\Mysqli;

$userResult = $db->query(
    "SELECT
        `userID`,
        `userName`,
        `userLevel`
    FROM
        `user`"
);

while ($userData = $userResult->fetch_object()) {
    echo $userData->get('userID').": ".$userData->get('userName').PHP_EOL;
}

Fetching a Single Row as Object

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use DavidLienhard\Database\Exceptions\NoRowsException;
use DavidLienhard\Database\Mysqli;

try {
    $userResult = $db->query(
        "SELECT
            `userID`,
            `userName`,
            `userLevel`
        FROM
            `user`
        WHERE
            `userID` = ?",
        new DBParam("i", $userId)
    );

    $user = $userResult->fetch_single_object();
    echo $user->get('userName');
} catch (NoRowsException $e) {
    echo "user not found";
}

Fetch Results as Arrays

Fetching Multiple Rows as Associative Arrays

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use DavidLienhard\Database\Mysqli;

$userResult = $db->query(
    "SELECT
        `userID`,
        `userName`
    FROM
        `user`"
);

while ($userData = $userResult->fetch_array_assoc()) {
    echo $userData['userID'].": ".$userData['userName'].PHP_EOL;
}

Fetching a Single Row as Associative Array

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use DavidLienhard\Database\Exceptions\NoRowsException;
use DavidLienhard\Database\Mysqli;

try {
    $userResult = $db->query(
        "SELECT
            `userID`,
            `userName`
        FROM
            `user`
        WHERE
            `userID` = ?",
        new DBParam("i", $userId)
    );

    $user = $userResult->fetch_single_array_assoc();
    echo $user['userName'];
} catch (NoRowsException $e) {
    echo "user not found";
}

Select Query with Parameters

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use DavidLienhard\Database\Mysqli;
use DavidLienhard\Database\Parameter as DBParam;

$userResult = $db->query(
    "SELECT
        `userID`,
        `userName`
    FROM
        `user`
    WHERE
        `userLevel` = ? and
        `userType` = ?",
    new DBParam("i", $userLevel),
    new DBParam("s", $userType)
);

while ($user = $userResult->fetch_object()) {
    echo $user->get('userID').": ".$user->get('userName').PHP_EOL;
}

Insert Query

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use DavidLienhard\Database\Exceptions\Exception as DatabaseException;
use DavidLienhard\Database\Mysqli;
use DavidLienhard\Database\Parameter as DBParam;

try {
    $db->query(
        "INSERT INTO
            `user`
        SET
            `userName` = ?,
            `userLevel` = ?,
            `userType` = ?",
        new DBParam("s", $userName),
        new DBParam("i", $userLevel),
        new DBParam("s", $userType)
    );
} catch (DatabaseException $e) {
    echo "unable to insert into table";
    exit(1);
}

Update Query

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use DavidLienhard\Database\Exceptions\Exception as DatabaseException;
use DavidLienhard\Database\Mysqli;
use DavidLienhard\Database\Parameter as DBParam;

try {
    $db->query(
        "UPDATE
            `user`
        SET
            `userName` = ?,
            `userLevel` = ?
        WHERE
            `userID` = ?",
        new DBParam("s", $userName),
        new DBParam("i", $userLevel),
        new DBParam("i", $userId)
    );
} catch (DatabaseException $e) {
    echo "unable to update table";
    exit(1);
}

Transactions

<?php declare(strict_types=1);
use DavidLienhard\Database\Mysqli;
use DavidLienhard\Database\Parameter as DBParam;

try {
    $db->begin_transaction();

    $db->query(
        "INSERT INTO `user` SET `userName` = ?",
        new DBParam("s", $userName)
    );

    $db->query(
        "INSERT INTO `user_log` SET `action` = ?",
        new DBParam("s", "user_created")
    );

    $db->commit();
} catch (Exception $e) {
    $db->rollback();
    echo "transaction failed";
}

API Overview

Fetch Methods

• fetch_object(ResultType $resultType = assoc): RowInterface|null - Returns a RowInterface object that wraps the row data. Use $row->get('columnName') or $row->getAll() to access data.
• fetch_single_object(ResultType $resultType = assoc): RowInterface - Like fetch_object() but throws NoRowsException if no rows are available.
• fetch_array_assoc(): array|null - Returns an associative array with column names as keys.
• fetch_single_array_assoc(): array - Like fetch_array_assoc() but throws NoRowsException if no rows are available.
• fetch_array_num(): array|null - Returns an enumerated array with numeric indices.
• fetch_single_array_num(): array - Like fetch_array_num() but throws NoRowsException if no rows are available.
• fetch_array(ResultType $resultType): array|null - Generic fetch returning either associative or numeric arrays based on $resultType.

Deprecated Methods

The following methods are deprecated and should not be used in new code:

• fetch_assoc() - Use fetch_array_assoc() instead
• fetch_row() - Use fetch_array_num() instead

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see LICENSE for more information.