Symfony (PHP framework) and MongoDB ( or any json-based database)

Question

I was wondering if its possible to use a json-based schema-free, document-based database like Mongodb or Couchdb on a symfony project like its used for ruby-on-rails websites? And if yes, how can it be done?

Answer 1

You might get some help from the MongoDB PHP Language Center. There are links to several PHP libraries for MongoDB, including a centralized logger for symfony applications.

Answer 2

AFAIK, the only framework to have integrated Mongo support as of yet is Vork http://www.Vork.us

I saw a post from someone who retrofitted Cake to use MongoDB, but they basically had ro rewire the whole model-engine.

Answer 3

Try building your project with the no-orm flag. There is little need to have an object relational database if you are not using a relational database. Just build classes for your data in PHP. These will function as your schema, which makes sense sense as a schema is not defined at the data layer.

Answer 4

There is a DoctrineMongoDBBundle for use with Symfony 2

Answer 5

You can also check out http://lithify.me/, the only full-stack PHP framework with fully-integrated support for MongoDB (and CouchDB).