zi/zquery

Focused fluent SQL query builder for PHP 8.2+

0.2.0-alpha 2026-04-02 13:35 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.2

proprietary

• CollinsFabian

• database
• php
• sql
• mysql
• postgresql
• pdo
• mysqli
• transactions
• query-builder
• fluent-interface

README

ZQuery is a focused fluent SQL query builder for PHP 8.2+.

It gives you a lightweight database layer with:

• fluent select, insert, update, and delete queries
• PDO and MySQLi support
• MySQL and PostgreSQL grammar support
• transaction helpers
• SQL compilation helpers for testing and debugging

Install

composer require zi/zquery

Quick Start

use ZQuery\ZQuery;
use ZQuery\Query\Grammar\MysqlGrammar;

$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=127.0.0.1;dbname=app', 'user', 'pass', [
    PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
]);

$zq = new ZQuery([
    'engine' => 'pdo',
    'pdo' => $pdo,
    'grammar' => new MysqlGrammar(),
]);

$users = $zq->table('users')
    ->select(['id', 'email'])
    ->where('status', '=', 'active')
    ->latest('created_at')
    ->limit(10)
    ->get();

Returns:

[
    ['id' => 42, 'email' => '[e-mail]'],
    ['id' => 41, 'email' => '[e-mail]'],
]

Common Helpers

$user = $zq->table('users')
    ->where('email', '=', '[e-mail]')
    ->first();

$activeCount = $zq->table('users')
    ->where('status', '=', 'active')
    ->count();

$emails = $zq->table('users')
    ->where('status', '=', 'active')
    ->pluck('email');

Returns:

$user = ['id' => 7, 'email' => '[e-mail]', 'status' => 'active'];
$activeCount = 24;
$emails = ['[e-mail]', '[e-mail]', '[e-mail]'];

SQL Compilation

$compiled = $zq->table('users')
    ->where('users.status', '=', 'active')
    ->latest('users.created_at')
    ->limit(10)
    ->compileSelect();

Returns:

[
    'sql' => 'SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `users`.`status` = ? ORDER BY `users`.`created_at` DESC LIMIT 10',
    'params' => ['active'],
]

Transactions

$zq->transaction(function () {
    $this->table('users')
        ->where('id', '=', 10)
        ->update(['status' => 'disabled'])
        ->executeUpdate();

    $this->statement(
        'INSERT INTO audit_logs (action, user_id) VALUES (?, ?)',
        ['user.disabled', 10]
    );
});

More Docs

See USAGE.md for the extended usage guide with more examples and result shapes.