I am delighted to announce the immediate availability of Atlas.Orm 3.0 ("Cassini"), the flagship package in the Atlas database framework. Installation is as easy as composer require atlas/orm ~3.0.

Atlas.Orm helps you build and work with a model of your persistence layer (i.e., tables and rows) while providing a path to refactor towards a richer domain model as needed. You can read more about Atlas at the newly-updated project site, and you can find extensive background information in these blog posts:

If you want a data-mapper alternative to Doctrine, especially for your pre-existing table structures, then Atlas is for you!

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