It isolates database layer from the business logic. It will help you to store database queries in simple xml files and it isolates database api from your application code. You code will be more readable, more beautifull, object oriented, more easy to support. it is very easy to connect with the database, just simple setup in an ini file. The tool’s code is readable and easy to modify and extend. This is a great tool if you want to work with the database tables and queries in terms of class instances. No limitations in comparison to the database api usage. You still have all the facilities but in more elegant and beautifull way. If some day you plan to migrate to another database it will be more easely.It is a simple ORM tool for php and mysql. You write queries in SQL not some special limitet language. it doesnt support relation between class instances like they are in the datbase. It is because i call it object mapping(mapper).