plamendev / json-database

An attempt to create flat-file database solution around JSON with ActiveRecord-like capabilities in PHP.

json-database

An attempt to create flat-file database solution around JSON, inspired by CodeIgniter's ActiveRecord implementation. It is suitable for small web sites.

If you like the idea please contribute to development by forking this project. Thank you!

Usage

• Include class

include_once('db.php');

• Initialise class

$db = new Db('users.db');

• Insert record

$user = array('name' => 'John Doe', 'email' => '[e-mail]');
$db->insert($user);

• Display record(s)

$users = $db->get();
foreach($users as $user)
{
  echo $user['name'].', '.$user['email'].'<br>';
}

• Fetch selected records and sort by a given field in an ascendant ('ASC') or descendant ('DESC') manner.

$db->where('name', 'John');
$db->order_by('DOB', 'DESC');
$users = $db->get();

• Update record

$db->where('name', 'John Doe');
$db->update( array('email' => '[e-mail]') );

• Delete record(s)

$db->where('name', 'John Doe');
$db->delete();

Future Development

• Schema definition
• Optimize speed and file manipulation