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Add to SafariWhen comparing RedBeanPHP vs Eloquent ORM, the Slant community recommends RedBeanPHP for most people. In the question“What are the best PHP ORMs?” RedBeanPHP is ranked 1st while Eloquent ORM is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose RedBeanPHP is:
It requires basically nothing except database credentials making it awesome to use.
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Pros
Pro Zero configuration
It requires basically nothing except database credentials making it awesome to use.
Pro Great for rapid development/prototyping
Since it employs a strategy of zero configuration, it can create all required databases and tables on the fly. Making it a great ORM to use when quickly prototyping a product.
Pro SQL extensions
Offers additions to SQL that makes querying very easy.
Pro CLI applications can be written in no time
You can generate CLI applications in no time as well.
Pro Large community
Sometimes your issue can be hard to find, but certainty it was already answered before.
Pro Good documentation
While hard to find, the Laravel's Docs and API documentation are very good.
Pro Fast learning curve
Laracast and other public resources can set up your learning curve as fast as possible.
Cons
Con Not suitable for existing projects with a custom database
Since RBP has a no-config approach, it enforces pretty strict database conventions. This does not make it a good ORM for an existing custom database.
Con Doesn't empty the legacy ORM columns from the table, like user and instead only adds user_id to it
Con Too much magic methods
The debug hell.
Con Low performance
Eloquent tries to do too much magic, it gets slower than some concurrents.
Con No own datamapping
You gotta install plugins to be able to map your eloquent models; or you can use mutators, that results in very ugly model classes.
