--- title: LINQ for PHP (Language Integrated Query for PHP) | daily.dev description: An introduction to PHPLinq, a PHP library inspired by C# 3.5's LINQ feature, enabling SQL-like querying over PHP arrays and objects. Examples show filtering an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linq-for-php-language-integrated-query-for-php--nlszeelbg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: LINQ for PHP (Language Integrated Query for PHP) | daily.dev og:description: An introduction to PHPLinq, a PHP library inspired by C# 3.5's LINQ feature, enabling SQL-like querying over PHP arrays and objects. 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The library is available for download on CodePlex. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is there a PHP library that brings LINQ-style queries like in C# to PHP? Yes, PHPLinq is a PHP library that replicates C# LINQ-style syntax for querying arrays and objects. It supports from/in/where/orderBy/thenByDescending/select chains, uses string expressions compiled into anonymous functions for filtering, and supports a 'new {}' syntax to project results into new anonymous-style objects, similar to SQL-like querying over in-memory data. _Developers weighing SQL-like query syntax in PHP can track library experiments like this one on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [LINQ in C\#](https://daily.dev/posts/linq-in-c--eoxkvhpkr) · C\# Corner · 36 upvotes · 2 comments - [One Language to Rule Them? 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