Good Alternative DBAL to Doctrine2 DBAL

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I have a simple application that is set up to use Docrine2 DBAL, the problem is it needs to run on a host that only supports php 5.2.6. Doctrine requires PHP 5.3...

What is a good alternative Database Abstraction Layer for PHP? Should I simply convert everything to PDO? Or are there other good options?

Thanks.

I ended up going with PDO, it appears to be the best doctrine alternative. After all, doctrine is built around PDO... — Mike, Feb 02 '11 at 15:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 20 '17 at 07:54

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Maybe Zend_Db database abstraction layer?

edited Jul 20 '17 at 07:54

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answered Feb 01 '11 at 21:44

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I think this might be the second best option besides PDO because of its active development and the ease in which you can drop it into a project. – Mike Feb 03 '11 at 15:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '11 at 22:10

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Pear's MDB2 was the standard for database abstraction before Doctrine came around. It's still a solid DBAL layer with pluggable adapters for which ever database you with to support.

answered Feb 01 '11 at 22:10

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 18 '11 at 18:52

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But Pear MDB2 won't run on PHP5.3 if you need it. (As of 5/18/2011)

answered May 18 '11 at 18:52

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 08 '11 at 15:58

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You could have still used Doctrine 1.2 which is actually compatible with version < 5.3

answered Aug 08 '11 at 15:58

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Good Alternative DBAL to Doctrine2 DBAL

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