Doctrine ORM Toolkit for PHP and CodeIgniter 4

Standalone Doctrine ORM toolkit for PHP 8.5, with an optional CodeIgniter 4 adapter. Configure ORM, caching and logging explicitly, or integrate with CI4's services, database groups, toolbar and Spark.

Install Standalone Migrate to 6.x

Version 6.0: breaking changes

Existing application imports and constructors require migration. See Installation for Packagist releases and local development installations.

Choose a package

Package	Included
daycry/doctrine	Framework-independent ORM setup, DataTables, PSR-6 caching, PSR-3 query logging, named managers and console tools
daycry/doctrine-codeigniter4	Core plus CI4 config/services, database/cache translation, helpers, toolbar and Spark

The core requires PHP ^8.5, ORM ^3.7, DBAL ^4.5, Symfony Cache/Console ^8 and DoctrineExtensions ^1.5. The adapter additionally requires CodeIgniter ^4.7.

Standalone quick start

After installing the core:

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$config = new \Daycry\Doctrine\Configuration();
$config->connection = ['driver' => 'pdo_sqlite', 'memory' => true];
$doctrine = new \Daycry\Doctrine\Doctrine($config);

echo $doctrine->getEm()->getConnection()->fetchOne('SELECT 1');

Set existing mapping directories on $config->entities before constructing the manager to use mapped entities. See standalone usage.

CodeIgniter quick start

After installing the adapter:

php spark doctrine:publish

$doctrine = service('doctrine');
$em = $doctrine->getEm();

Configure connections in Config\Database, caches in Config\Cache and ORM overrides in the published Config\Doctrine. See CI4 usage.

Explore the toolkit

• DataTables

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  ORM QueryBuilder input, array request parameters, safe filter operators, bounded pages and WindowPage results. Works without an HTTP framework.

  Builder API

• Caching

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  Inject PSR-6 pools into the core or use CI4 backend wiring. Cache-aside and SLC support explicit lifetimes, invalidation and optional statistics.

  SLC setup

• :material-database-multiple:{ .lg .middle } Named managers

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  Lazy ManagerRegistry factories in standalone code and case-sensitive database group services in the adapter.

  Standalone managers

• Configuration

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  Attributes/XML, custom types and DQL functions, filters, listeners/subscribers, DBAL middlewares and repository classes.

  Option reference

• Logging and toolbar

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  PSR-3 query logging with a slow-query threshold in the core. The optional CI4 toolbar displays debug queries and SLC counters.

  CI4 toolbar

• Operational tools

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  Standalone Symfony Console, CI4 Spark, readiness diagnostics and metadata warmup. Schema operations use the native ORM commands.

  Console guide