Came here to say this. RedBeanPHP is a great ORM with several advantages over stuff like Doctrine: * it doesn't require you to learn new language. The API is v

Came here to say this. RedBeanPHP is a great ORM with several advantages over stuff like Doctrine: * it doesn't require you to learn new language. The API is very simple * it encourages using SQL when needed. Need to add a special WHERE query? No problem. You want to make a custom select? Just use R::get() method * it doesn't alter your scheme more than it should. There is only one rule - linked table names (m:n relations) use an underscore. That's it.