Re: Doctrine vs. Propel

Hello, on 02/04/2008 04:44 PM AmirBehzad Eslami said the following: > Dear List, > > I've just heard of ORM (Object Relational Mapping) frameworks written for > PHP. > It seems that there are two major frameworks here: Doctrine and Propel: > > http://www.phpdoctrine.org/ > http://propel.phpdb.org/trac/ > > I wonder which one is better? What is the difference between these? > I'm talking about the learning curve, peroformance. > What are the advantages/disadvantages of each one? I cannot answer to your question because I have not tried any of those. I use Metatsorage which is an ORM class generator tool. It is a different approach which for me results in persistent object classes that are smaller and more efficient. You may find more about Metastorage here: http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage.html Here you may find a small example application: http://www.meta-language.net/metanews.html Here you may see some screenshots of the Web user interface of the generator tool and screenshots of the applications: http://www.meta-language.net/screenshots.html -- Regards, Manuel Lemos PHP professionals looking for PHP jobs http://www.phpclasses.org/professionals/ PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP http://www.phpclasses.org/