ADOdb

Database abstraction library for PHP.

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About ADOdb5.22

Last updated on October 1, 2026

ADOdb is a database abstraction library for PHP.

The PHP version currently supports an amazing number of databases, thanks to the wonderful ADOdb community: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase, Firebird, Informix, Oracle, MS SQL, Foxpro, Access, ADO, Sybase, FrontBase, DB2, SAP DB, SQLite, Netezza, LDAP, and generic ODBC, ODBTP. The Sybase, Informix, FrontBase and PostgreSQL, Netezza, LDAP, ODBTP drivers are community contributions.

ADOdb is designed for speed, it is probably the fastest open source database abstraction library available for PHP, and Provides extensive portability support such as date and type-handling and portable schema creation.

ADOdb supports many enterprise features such as database backed sessions (with session expiry notification), SQL code generation, pivot tables, SELECT LIMIT emulation for all databases, performance monitoring.