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Yii Database Library

From yiisoft·Updated June 21, 2026·View on GitHub·

Framework-agnostic database abstraction layer that provides a set of classes to connect and interact with various database management systems (DBMS) using a unified API, including a powerful query builder. The project is written primarily in PHP, distributed under the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License license, first published in 2018. Key topics include: database, dbal, query-builder, sql, yii3.

Latest release: 2.0.1Version 2.0.1
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Framework-agnostic database abstraction layer that provides a set of classes to connect and interact with various
database management systems (DBMS) using a unified API, including a powerful query builder.

Available database drivers:

Optional packages that provide additional functionality:

  • Yii Active Record provides an object-oriented interface for working with database tables, similar to ORM
    frameworks such as Doctrine or Hibernate.
  • Yii DB Migration allows you to manage database schema using migrations.

Requirements

  • PHP 8.1 - 8.5.
  • pdo PHP extension.

Installation

To install yiisoft/db you must install at least one database driver:

[!IMPORTANT]
It also depends on PSR-16: Common Interface for Caching Libraries and requires
the installation of PSR-16 implementation.
For example, yiisoft/cache or one of the other
cache handlers.

General Usage

To connect to a database, create an instance of the appropriate driver:

php
use Yiisoft\Db\Sqlite\Connection; use Yiisoft\Db\Sqlite\Driver; /** * @var Psr\SimpleCache\CacheInterface $cache */ // Creating a database connection $db = new Connection( new Driver('sqlite:memory:'), new SchemaCache($cache), );

You can then use the $db object to execute SQL queries, manage transactions, and perform other database operations.
Here are some examples:

php
use Yiisoft\Db\Connection\ConnectionInterface; /** * @var ConnectionInterface $db */ // Query builder $rows = $db ->select(['id', 'email']) ->from('{{%user}}') ->where(['last_name' => 'Smith']) ->limit(10) ->all(); // Insert $db->createCommand() ->insert( '{{%user}}', [ 'email' => 'mike@example.com', 'first_name' => 'Mike', 'last_name' => 'Smith', ], ) ->execute(); // Transaction $db->transaction( static function (ConnectionInterface $db) { $db->createCommand() ->update('{{%user}}', ['status' => 'active'], ['id' => 1]) ->execute(); $db->createCommand() ->update('{{%profile}}', ['visibility' => 'public'], ['user_id' => 1]) ->execute(); } )

Documentation

If you need help or have a question, the Yii Forum is a good place for that.
You may also check out other Yii Community Resources.

License

The Yii Database is free software. It is released under the terms of the BSD License.
Please see LICENSE for more information.

Maintained by Yii Software.

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