PHP ORMs: Doctrine vs. Propel

Question

I\'m starting a new project with symfony which is readily integrated with Doctrine and Propel, but I of course need to make a choice.... I was wondering if more experienced

Answer 1

After using both of them for a number of years I prefer Propel 2 to Doctrine simply based on how you construct your query logic. Doctrine is as in depth as it can get and managing many aspects of it match that level of depth. Propel I feel has a more fluid and object driven way of building and managing the query interactions.

For me this led to less code in the model and more structures around how logic can/will be processed. This resulted in just building out many interactions as common functionality. (After all 90% of what you will do with a database is just going to be some degree of crud operation.)

In the end, both are powerful, manageable and will get the job done. My personal projects and interest use Propel ORM 2 and future projects, if still written in PHP will go that route.

I've been using both on a daily basis for the past 3-4 years.