title: ORM and Active Record Pattern in PHP?
body: <p>There are two things that seem to be popular nowadays and I was wondering what are the pros and cons of using something like this: <a href="http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/active_record.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/database/active_record.html</a> ?</p>
  
  <p>Another thing is ORM (Doctrine for instance). What are the benefits of using these?</p>