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.
Doctrine 2 is a tool in the Databases category of a tech stack.
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What are some alternatives to Doctrine 2?
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