DataMapper 2 - An ORM for CodeIgniter v2.x

DataMapper is an Object Relational Mapper written in PHP for CodeIgniter. It is designed to map your Database tables into easy to work with objects, fully aware of the relationships between each other.

Note: this version is currently under development, and currently not useable in any shape or form!

Installation

There are five steps you have to take to enable the use of DataMapper in your application:

1. Make sure you have at least version 2.0 of CodeIgniter (Core or Reactor)

2. Make sure your PHP version is at least 5.2

3. Install the DataMapper bootloader in your application's index.php file

    	// add this, just before the CodeIgniter bootstrap is loaded
    	require_once APPPATH.'third_party/datamapper/bootstrap.php';
   

4. Make sure the DataMapper package is added

    	// add the datamapper package
    	$this->load->add_package_path(APPPATH.'third_party/datamapper');
   

You can also autoload the package in your configuration file.

5. Load the DataMapper library to activate DataMapper

    	// load datamapper
    	$this->load->library('datamapper');
   

Test framework

You can run the test framework by creating a new controller, and add this to the index method:

	// add the datamapper package
	$this->load->add_package_path(APPPATH.'third_party/datamapper');

	// load the test framework
	$this->load->library('datamapper_tests');

	// and run the tests
	DataMapper_Tests::run();

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2011 Harro "WanWizard" Verton

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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