qubus/expressive

Database Abstraction Layer with DataMapper and ActiveRecord.

v3.5.1 2026-08-16 00:41 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.4
• ext-pdo: *
• fakerphp/faker: ^1.24
• qubus/config: ^4
• qubus/event-dispatcher: ^4
• qubus/inheritance: ^4
• qubus/support: ^4
• qubus/valueobjects: ^4
• symfony/console: ^7
• symfony/options-resolver: ^7

Requires (Dev)

• qubus/qubus-coding-standard: ^2

MIT

• Joshua Parker

• database
• orm
• dbal
• activerecord
• datamapper
• querybuilder
• database abstraction

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-08-16 00:42 UTC

README

A PDO-based database toolkit with a query builder, schema builder, migrations, Active Record, and DataMapper. Expressive supports pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, pdo_oci, pdo_pgsql, and pdo_sqlsrv.

Requirements

• PHP 8.4 or later
• PDO and the PDO extension for the selected database

Installation

composer require qubus/expressive

Quick start

<?php

use Qubus\Expressive\Connection\DriverConnection;

$connection = DriverConnection::make('sqlite:///:memory:');
$db = $connection->queryBuilder();

$users = $db->table('users')->where('active', true)->find();

Values passed to query methods are bound through PDO. SQL identifiers and expressions—such as table names, column names, aliases, joins, and custom aggregates—must come from trusted application code.

More Info

• Documentation overview
• Connections
• QueryBuilder
• DataMapper
• Active Record
• Framework Documentation