NotORM - http://www.notorm.com/ NotORM is a PHP library for simple working with data in the database. The most interesting feature is a very easy work with table relationships. The overall performance is also very important and NotORM can actually run faster than a native driver. Requirements: PHP 5.1+ any database supported by PDO (tested with MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Oracle) Usage: <?php include "NotORM.php"; $connection = new PDO("mysql:dbname=software"); $software = new NotORM($connection); foreach ($software->application()->order("title") as $application) { // get all applications ordered by title echo "$application[title]\n"; // print application title echo $application->author["name"] . "\n"; // print name of the application author foreach ($application->application_tag() as $application_tag) { // get all tags of $application echo $application_tag->tag["name"] . "\n"; // print the tag name } } ?>