PHP-based database models that sync with database?

Question

Django models are really cool because you define all your models/tables right in the code, and then sync it with the database. That way when you go to update your production server, you just run the migration/sync script and you can't forget to update any tables.

The project I'm working on now though isn't Django or Python-based, it's written in PHP, and all the queries are written in straight SQL (no ORM). We've got many databases that need to be updated every time we make a change. Right now we're basically copying and pasting our SQL scripts and running them where-ever they need to be ran, or if it's a big change, we might use a script. The problem though, is that sometimes we forget to include some SQL.

If, however, we had a code-based solution, then it would automatically get checked in with our pushes, and we couldn't forget to run it. So... I'm looking for a solution that will let us define all our models in PHP, but let us continue to write straight SQL without the use of an ORM (project is 10 years old, would be too much work to implement an ORM right now). Would be nice if it could convert our existing DB into PHP models too.

Are there an existing solutions for this?

Answer 1

This might cost you but this is what we use for old projects.

SQLYog

http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mysql/article.php/1584401/Synchronizing-Your-MySQL-Databases-Using-a-Free-MySQL-Admin-Tool---SQLyog.htm

DBDeploy - Opensource

http://dbdeploy.com/

PHING & DBDeploy - how-to

http://www.davedevelopment.co.uk/2008/04/14/how-to-simple-database-migrations-with-phing-and-dbdeploy/

Answer 2

我没有使用基于PHP的系统和Django提供的梦幻模型支持，但这个项目看起来很有希望： 类似Django的PHP查询界面

Answer 3

you can use Doctrine2 I guess. There is a support for native SQL http://www.doctrine-project.org/docs/orm/2.0/en/reference/native-sql.html