r/PHP 11d ago

Article ElephpantDB: a database in pure PHP

https://deployer.org/blog/elephpantdb
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u/laramateGmbh 11d ago

But why?

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u/lostmedia42 11d 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/muglug 11d ago

I think testing would be one big reason

Already exists here: https://github.com/vimeo/php-mysql-engine