Is this project dead?

[phpfui]

Lots of PRs with no comments or merging. Open issues for bugs and even fatal errors. See #2009

Looks like the old Propel has not been updated for 5 years.

Any insights?

[DarkAxi0m]

I would not say it's dead, maybe not as active as it once was.
There was a realise back in March

[phpfui]

It seems like the original creators have moved on, so not sure who is actively in charge. I looked into the issue I found (static call of member method in delete) but did not see an easy fix. This is kind of basic functionality that does not work, so I wondered what is going on with the project.

My interest is benchmarking the package, so not using it in prod. More curious than anything else. It is sad we start stuck with slow and bloated ORMs like Eloquent.

[larryzoumas]

I love Propel but I am using it in production and the writing seems to be on the wall that further updates to PHP core will render it kind of obsolete without a major rewrite.

What is the closest thing out there that is maintained? Anybody ever use doctrine-active-record?
(https://github.com/symlex/doctrine-active-record)

I tried to use the stand-alone Eloquent package but it doesn't seem to support migrations which is kind of a deal killer. Alternatives?

[phpfui]

I had the same problem and one reason I did not consider Propel (but it was closer than most to what I wanted) as it looked like a dying project. I searched far and wide and found nothing to meet my needs (fast and low memory footprint), so I wrote my own: https://github.com/phpfui/ORM You can check out some of the philosophy behind it on my blog starting here: https://blog.phpfui.com/getters-and-setters-vs-public-access

Check it out to see if it meets your needs. A slightly different approach than the memory hogging repository models you see most ORMs taking.

[larryzoumas]

OMG phpfui. I don't even know what to say except, umm, thank you? Will definitely check it out.

[phpfui]

Let me know if you find any issues. I think it is fresh take on ORMs. Active Table and database cursors are key to reduced memory usage.