Domain-Driven Design in PHP

Persisting Single Value Objects

Many different options are available for persisting a single Value Object. These range from using Serialize LOB or Embedded Value as mapping strategies, to using an Ad Hoc ORM or an open source alternative, such as Doctrine. We consider an Ad Hoc ORM to be a custom-built ORM that your company may have developed in order to persist Entities in a database. In our scenario, the Ad Hoc ORM code is going to be implemented using the DBAL library. According to the official documentation, The Doctrine Database Abstraction & Access Layer (DBAL) offers a lightweight and thin runtime layer around a PDO-like API and a lot of additional, horizontal features like database schema introspection and manipulation through an ...