DBAL Documentation
==================

The Doctrine DBAL documentation is a reference guide to everything you need
to know about the database abstraction layer.

Getting Help
------------

If this documentation is not helping to answer questions you have about the
Doctrine DBAL, don't panic. You can get help from different sources:

-  Slack chat room `#dbal <https://www.doctrine-project.org/slack>`_
-  On `Stack Overflow <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/doctrine-dbal>`_
-  The `Doctrine Mailing List <http://groups.google.com/group/doctrine-user>`_
-  Report a bug on `GitHub <https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/issues>`_.

Getting Started
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The best way to get started is with the :doc:`Introduction <reference/introduction>` section
in the documentation. Use the sidebar to browse other documentation for the Doctrine PHP DBAL.
