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Doctrine 2 vs MikroORM: What are the differences?

What is Doctrine 2? An object-relational mapper (ORM) for PHP 5.3.2+ that provides transparent persistence for PHP objects. Doctrine 2 sits on top of a powerful database abstraction layer (DBAL). One of its key features is the option to write database queries in a proprietary object oriented SQL dialect called Doctrine Query Language (DQL), inspired by Hibernates HQL.

What is MikroORM? TypeScript ORM for Node.js based on Data Mapper, Unit of Work and Identity Map patterns. TypeScript ORM for Node.js based on Data Mapper, Unit of Work and Identity Map patterns. Supports MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases.

Doctrine 2 and MikroORM can be categorized as "Object Relational Mapper (ORM)" tools.

MikroORM is an open source tool with 705 GitHub stars and 40 GitHub forks. Here's a link to MikroORM's open source repository on GitHub.

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Pros of Doctrine 2
Pros of MikroORM
  • 14
    Great abstraction, easy to use, good docs
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    Object-Oriented
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    Easy setup
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    Typescript
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    Supports both SQL and NoSQL
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    Powered by Unit of Work and Identity Map
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    Allows multiple ways to define entities
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    DRY Entities
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    Implicit Transactions
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    SQL layer built on top of Knex
  • 2
    EntityGenerator to reverse engineer existing database

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What is Doctrine 2?

Doctrine 2 sits on top of a powerful database abstraction layer (DBAL). One of its key features is the option to write database queries in a proprietary object oriented SQL dialect called Doctrine Query Language (DQL), inspired by Hibernates HQL.

What is MikroORM?

TypeScript ORM for Node.js based on Data Mapper, Unit of Work and Identity Map patterns. Supports MongoDB, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite databases.

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What are some alternatives to Doctrine 2 and MikroORM?
Propel
Propel provides a GPU-backed numpy-like infrastructure for scientific computing in JavaScript.
Hibernate
Hibernate is a suite of open source projects around domain models. The flagship project is Hibernate ORM, the Object Relational Mapper.
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
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