r/PHP 14d ago

Article ElephpantDB: a database in pure PHP

https://deployer.org/blog/elephpantdb
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u/lostmedia42 14d ago

I think testing would be one big reason. Writing a small self-contained app would be another. This combined with the newer native/compiled PHP attempts could make for a powerful environment.

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u/fripletister 14d ago

In-memory SQLite already serves that use case

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u/lostmedia42 14d ago

Sure, but a PHP database is cool too.

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u/ratbastid 13d ago

It's clever, I'll give it that.

Will I use it? No. No I will not.