PHP Persistence : Concepts Techniques and Practical Solutions with Doctrine 1. About this book 2. Introduction 3. A self made ORM 4. Hello Doctrine 2! 5. Defining entities 6. References between Entities 7. Managing Entities 8. Doctrine Query Language 9. Command line tools 10. Caching 11. Advanced Topics. Take the pain out of dealing with relational databases in an object oriented programming world. With this short book you can save time and money by simply coding less while accomplishing more with the Doctrine persistence framework a leading persistence solution for PHP programmers and web developers. PHP Persistence teaches you about PHP persistence and how to use it effectively for your database driven applications. Bestselling author Michael Romer leverages his own vast experience to show you what you need to know about Doctrine 2 and how to use it in your own projects. Along the way you’ll learn about powerful persistence techniques such as object relational mapping (ORM) in PHP. What Youll Learn Define entities and references between entities Manage entities Master the Doctrine Query Language Use appropriate command line tools for PHP persistence Program for caching Who This Book Is For Experienced PHP programmers and web developers with some exposure to PHP.