This is a modern benchmark for PHP ORM implementations and SQL servers.

This project uses a modified version of the NorthWind database schema from Microsoft Access.

Testing includes insertion, update, read, delete, and large dataset iterations.

Tests should be run on the same machine at the same time. The idea is not to care about a specific machine's performance, but rather the relative performance of different SQL servers and PHP ORM implementations on the same machine.

Tests can be taylored to include or exclude specific servers, orms and iterations.

• PHP 8.1 or greater
• sqlite support
• mysql support
• Any other SQL server your want to test

git clone https://github.com/phpfui/php-sql-orm-benchmarks.git
cd php-sql-orm-benchmarks
composer install

Tests are configured via the config.php file. The namespace must contain a Tests class which extends the \SOB\Test abstract class.

return [
	'iterations' => 5000, // default is 5000
	'tests' => [
		['namespace' => 'PHPFUI', 'description' => 'sqlite::memory:', 'dbname' => ':memory:'],
		['namespace' => 'PHPFUI', 'description' => 'sqlite file', ],
		['namespace' => 'PHPFUI', 'description' => 'MySQL', 'driver' => 'mysql', ],
		['namespace' => 'PHPFUI', 'description' => 'MariaDB', 'driver' => 'mysql', 'port' => 3307,],
		['namespace' => 'Eloquent', 'description' => 'sqlite::memory:', 'dbname' => ':memory:'],
		['namespace' => 'Eloquent', 'description' => 'sqlite file', ],
		['namespace' => 'Eloquent', 'description' => 'MySQL', 'driver' => 'mysql', ],
		['namespace' => 'Eloquent', 'description' => 'MariaDB', 'driver' => 'mysql', 'port' => 3307,],
		],
	];

The following options are available:

• namespace, default PHPFUI
• description, PDO connection string
• dbname, default namespace
• driver, default 'sqlite'
• host, default 'localhost'
• port, default 3306
• user, default root
• password, default ''

Create databases to match namespaces for each SQL server you want to test. Without a configuration file, sqlite::memory: and sqlite file will be used for all instances of the Tests class.

php benchmark.php

Results after each run are appended to the results.csv file. Delete the file to start fresh. Use the csvToMDTable.php file to create a nice MarkDown table like this:

If you are the developer or user of an ORM, data mapper, Active Record library and you want to have it included in this repo, please submit a pull-request.

Slight changes to the database schema are allowed and supported as long as the new schema is functionally equivalent.

If you see something wrong about the current usage of one of the libraries, please send a pull-request along with a short explanation of what that change does.

Please, try to implement the solutions using the most common configuration. If you want to include an optimized version of the test, create another namespace for the Tests class.